Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/krey-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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

Alternative reconstructions

*kreh₁(y)-[1]

Root

*krey- [2]

to sift, separate, divide

Derived terms

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The root was often reformed as *krey(n)- based on the original nasal-infix present.

*kreyn- (reformed root present)
- Germanic: *hrīnaną (see there for further descendants)
*kr̥-né-y- ~ *kr̥-n-i- (nasal-infix present)
- Celtic: *krini-
  - Old Irish: ara·chrin
  - Welsh: crynu
*kri-n-ye- (innovative ye-present)
- Hellenic: *kríňňō
  - Ancient Greek: κρῑ́νω (krī́nō)
*kri-né-h₁- ~ *kri-n-h₁- (nasal-infix present)
- Italic: *krinō
  - Latin: cernō
*kroyh₁-eye- (causative/iterative present)
- Slavic: *krojìti (see there for further descendants)
*krey-deh₂
- Slavic: *krida[3]
  - Upper Sorbian: křida (“sieve”)
  - Lower Sorbian: kśida (“sieve”)
*krey-dʰrom (“sieve”, instrument)
- Italic: *kreiðrom
  - Latin: crībrum
*kréy-mn̥
- Hellenic: *kréimə
  - Ancient Greek: κρῖμα (krîma)
- Italic: *kreimən
  - Latin: crīmen
*kri-tós
- Germanic: *hrīdrą
- Hellenic: *kritós
  - Ancient Greek: κριτός (kritós)
- Italic: *kritos
  - Latin: certus, crētus
*kroyn-is
- Germanic: *hrainiz (see there for further descendants)

References

Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*kreh₁(i̯)-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 366
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1985), “*krida”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 12, Moscow: Nauka, page 151