Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰed-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Root

*bʰed-[3]

  1. to improve, make better

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰed- (3 c, 0 e)
  • *bʰód-e-ti (o-grade intensive)
    • Proto-Germanic: *bataną
      • Proto-Germanic: *bataz (good, past participle) (see there for further descendants)
        • Proto-Germanic: *batizô (better) (see there for further descendants)
        • Proto-Germanic: *batnaną (to get better) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Germanic: *batô (improvement, advantage) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Germanic: *bōtō (improvement) (see there for further descendants)
        • Proto-Germanic: *bōtijaną (to improve)(see there for further descendants)
  • *bʰed-ró-s
    • Proto-Albanian:
      • Albanian: betë (great)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *bʰadrás
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *bʰadrás
      • Proto-Iranian: *badráh
        • Avestan: 𐬵𐬎𐬠𐬀𐬜𐬭𐬀 (hubaδra, fortunate)
  • *bʰód-i-s
    • Proto-Germanic: *batiz (better) (see there for further descendants)[3]
  • *bʰod-ó-s

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “bhā̆d-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 106
  2. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (1981) “Gr. pḗgnumi : Skt. pajrá- and loss of laryngeals before mediae in Indo-Iranian”, in Münchener Studien zur Sprachwissenschaft, volume 40, Munich: commissioned by J. Kitzinger, page 134 of 133–138:11). *bheHd-
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*batiz”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 55
  4. 4.0 4.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*bodo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 69-70
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 260-261
  6. ^ Koch, John (2004) “*budā-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda[2], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  7. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “bheudh-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 151