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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pós

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

Reconstruction

The preposition seems related to Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi and Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó, however, given the evidence from dialectic Greek we can disregard the presence of any laryngeals.

Adverb

*pós

  1. towards
  2. afterwards, post

Descendants

From basic form:

  • Balto-Slavic: *pás
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: πός (pós, “by”)[2] (attested in Arcadian and Pisidian)

From extended form:

  • *pó(s)-ti (with the ablative marker *-ti encountered also in *h₂énti)
    • Hellenic:
      • Ancient Greek: πότι (póti, “towards”)[3] (possibly)
    • Italic: *posti[4]
      • Latin: post (“afterwards, in the rear”)
      • Umbrian: pus (“after, behind”)
  • *póst-ni
    • Italic: *post-ne
      • Latin: pōne (“behind”)
  • *pós-dʰh₁-oy (with the locative extension *-dʰh₁oy)
    • Balto-Slavic:
      • Slavic: *pozdě (“lately”)[5]
  • *pos-(sḱ)-kʷéh₁
    • Indo-Iranian: *pasčā
      • Sanskrit: पश्चा (paścā, “following”)
      • Avestan: 𐬞𐬀𐬯𐬗𐬀‎ (pasca, “later”)
      • Persian: پس‎ (pas, “then”)

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2015), “pas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 344
  2. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1224
  3. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πότι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1226
  4. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “post”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 483
  5. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*pozdъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 415
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