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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/deḱs-

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

Etymology

Stüber suggests *deḱs- continues the *s stem noun *deḱos (“that which is proper”), from *deḱ- (“take, perceive”).[1][2]

Root

*deḱs- [2][3]

  1. right (side)

Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*de%E1%B8%B1s-' title='Category:Terms derived from the PIE root *deḱs-'>Terms derived from the PIE root *deḱs-</a>
  • *déḱs-i-no-s
    • Balto-Slavic: *deśinas
      • Lithuanian: dẽšinas
      • Slavic: *desnъ (see there for further descendants)
    • Indo-Iranian: *dáćšinas (see there for further descendants)
  • *deḱs-tero-s
  • *deḱs-i-te-ró-s
    • Hellenic: *deksiterós
      • Ancient Greek: δεξιτερός (dexiterós)
  • *deḱs-wo-s
    • Celtic: *dexswos (see there for further descendants)
    • Germanic: *tehswô (see there for further descendants)
    • Italic: *dekswos
      • Umbrian: [script needed] (desua), [script needed] (dersua), [script needed] (tesvam)
  • *deḱs-i-wó-s
    • Celtic: *dexsiwos
      • Gaulish: Dexsiua
    • Hellenic: *deksiwós
      • Mycenaean Greek: 𐀆𐀑𐀯𐀺 (de-ki-si-wo /deksiwós/)
      • Ancient Greek: δεξιός (dexiós)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Albanian: djathtë (< + -të < Medieval Albanian djathë)

References
  1. Karin Stüber (2006) “Die indogermanischen Ausdrücke für ‘rechts’ und ‘links’”. International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Reconstruction, 3, 61-72.
  2. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “dexter”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 168
  3. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill
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