Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/síh₂

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

Etymology

Derived from *só (masculine demonstrative pronoun) + *-ih₂,^[1] or from *sí- (allomorph of *só) + *-h₂;^[2] *síh₂ then displaced the original female version *séh₂ at least in pre-Celtic.

Pronoun

*síh₂^[2]

she

Derived terms

*sih₂m̥ (accusative)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *siHm
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *siHm
    - Sanskrit: सीम् (sīm)
  - Proto-Iranian: *hiHm
    - Avestan: 𐬵𐬍𐬨 (hīm)
    - Old Persian: [Term?] (/⁠-šim⁠/)

Descendants

Proto-Celtic: *sī
- Proto-Brythonic: *hi
  - Breton: hi
  - Cornish: hi
  - Welsh: hi
- Old Irish: sí
  - Irish: sí
  - Manx: ee
  - Scottish Gaelic: i
Proto-Germanic: *sī
- Proto-West Germanic: *sī (see there for further descendants)
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌹 (si)
Proto-Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: ἵ (hí)^[3]
Proto-Indo-Iranian:
- Proto-Iranian:
  - Old Avestan: 𐬵𐬍 (hī)

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “sī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 335: “*s- + -ih₂”
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Dunkel, George E. (2014), Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 741
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 571

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “sī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 335: “*s- + -ih₂”

[LIPP-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Dunkel, George E. (2014), Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 741

[3] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 571

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