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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sep-

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

Reconstruction

Kroonen explains the a in Latin, and perhaps Germanic, as a "schwa secundum": an epenthetic vowel arising in the zero grade *sp-.[2] De Vaan assumes a laryngeal origin instead, and posits zero-grade *sHp-, while noting that the full grade was likely *seh₁p- based on a long vowel *sēp- found in Sabellic.[1]

Root

*sep- [2][1]

  1. to taste, to try out

Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*sep-' title='Category:Terms derived from the PIE root *sep-'>Terms derived from the PIE root *sep-</a>
  • *sp-ye- (ye-present)
    • Italic: *sapjō
      • Latin: sapiō (see there for further descendants)
  • *sp-ye- or *sop-ye- or *sop-éye-
    • Germanic: *sabjaną (see there for further descendants)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Hellenic:
    • Italic:
      • Oscan: sipus (“knowing”)
      • Volscian: sepu (“knowing”) (ablative singular)

References
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill
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