Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sih₂

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

Derived from *só + *-ih₂.

Pronoun

*sih₂

she

Derived terms

*sih₂m̥ (accusative)
- Indo-Iranian: *siHm
  - Indo-Aryan: *siHm
    - Sanskrit: सीम् (sīm)
  - Iranian: *hiHm
    - Avestan: 𐬵𐬍𐬨‎ (hīm)

Descendants

Celtic: *sī
- Brythonic: *hi
  - Breton: hi
  - Welsh: hi
- Old Irish: sí
  - Irish: sí
Germanic: *sī
- Old Saxon: sia, sie
  - Middle Low German: sê, su, sia
    - Dutch Low Saxon: zee
    - German Low German: se
    - Plautdietsch: see
- Old Dutch: siu, sia
  - Middle Dutch: si, sie
    - Dutch: zij
      - Afrikaans: sy
    - Limburgish: zie
- Old High German: siu, si
  - Middle High German: si, sie
    - Alemannic German: si
    - Cimbrian: zi, ze
    - German: sie
    - Hunsrik: sie
    - Luxembourgish: si
    - Yiddish: זי‎‎ (zi‎)
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌹 (si)

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 335

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