Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kret-

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

Root

*kret- [1]

Derived terms

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*kret-' title='Category:Terms derived from the PIE root *kret-'>Terms derived from the PIE root *kret-</a>

*krét-u-s ~ *kr̥t-éw-s[2]
- Hellenic: [Term?]
  - Ancient Greek: κρατύς (kratús)
- Indo-Iranian: *krátuš (see there for further descendants)
*krét-os ~ *kr̥t-és-os[2]
- Hellenic: [Term?]
  - Ancient Greek: κράτος (krátos)
*kort-ús (o-grade possibly explained via Schwebeablaut)[2]
- Germanic: *harduz[2] (see there for further descendants)
*krét-yōs
- Hellenic: [Term?]
  - Ancient Greek: κρέσσων (kréssōn), κρείσσων (kreíssōn)
*kr̥t-(t)eros
- Hellenic: [Term?]
  - Ancient Greek: καρτερός (karterós)

References

Fortson, Benjamin W. (2004) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, first edition, Oxford: Blackwell
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hardu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 211: “*kort-ú-”

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[1] Fortson, Benjamin W. (2004) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, first edition, Oxford: Blackwell

[Kroonen-2] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hardu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 211: “*kort-ú-”