Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/webʰ-

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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]

Alternative reconstructions[edit]

Root[edit]

*webʰ-[3]

  1. to weave, braid

Reconstruction notes[edit]

Beekes reconstructs *h₁webʰ- with the laryngeal on the basis of the initial vowel in Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀸𐀟𐀮𐀰𐀕𐀙 (e-we-pe-se-so-me-na /⁠ewepsēsomena⁠/, “which are to be woven”).[1]

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *webʰ-‎ (9 c, 0 e)
  • *wébʰ-e-ti ~ *wébʰ-o-nti (thematic root present)
    • Proto-Germanic: *webaną[4] (see there for further descendants)
  • *wébʰ-ti ~ *ubʰ-énti (athematic root present)
  • *wobʰ-éye-ti (causative)[5]
    • Proto-Germanic: *wabjaną (see there for further descendants)
  • *u-né-bʰ-ti ~ *u-m-bʰ-énti (nasal-infix present)
  • *ubʰ-néH-ti ~ *ubʰ-nH-énti (*néH-present)
  • *ubʰ-yéti ~ *ubʰ-yónti (*yé-present)
  • *wobʰ-eh₂-ti (o-grade eh₂-iterative-intensive)
    • Proto-Tocharian: *wäp- (“to weave, braid”)
  • *webʰ-n- (either denominal from an n-stem or deverbal from an n-infixed verb)
  • *wobʰ-ó-s
    • Proto-Tocharian: *yape (“spider”)
  • *ubʰ-tó-s
  • *wóps ~ *webʰ-és
  • *wébʰ-tis
    • Proto-Germanic: *wiftiz (see there for further descendants)
  • *wobʰ-yo-m[6]
    • Proto-Germanic: *wabją (“web”) (see there for further descendants)
Unsorted formations

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὑφαίνω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1540
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  3. ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “weven”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
  4. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*weban-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 576
  5. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wabjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 564
  6. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wabja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 563
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