Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/serp-

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This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European[edit]

Root[edit]

*serp-[1][2][3][4]

  1. to creep, crawl

Derived terms[edit]

  • *sérp-t ~ sr̥p-ént (root aorist)[4]
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hásarpt
  • *sérp-e-ti (thematic root present)[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἕρπω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 463-464
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “serpō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 558
  3. 3.0 3.1 Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page gjarpër ~ gjarpën
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*serp-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 536