Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sperǵʰ-

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

Etymology

Hackstein derives this from *h₁eǵʰs (“out”) +‎ *bʰerǵʰ- (“to go up”).[2]

Root

*sperǵʰ-[1][3]

  1. to move rapidly, hurry

Derived terms

  • *sperǵʰ-e-ti (thematic present)
    • Proto-Hellenic:
      • Ancient Greek: σπέρχω (spérkhō, “I hurry, move rapidly”)
  • *spr̥-né-ǵʰ-ti ~ *spr̥-n-ǵʰ-énti (nasal-infix present)
Unsorted formations
  • Proto-Albanian:
    • Albanian: shpërthej (“I pop open”) (uncertain)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
    • Avestan: aspərəzatā (“it was striving, exerting”) (imperfect tense)
    • Sanskrit: स्पृहयति (spṛhayati, “it is eager, zealous”)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*spring/kan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 470
  2. ^ Hackstein, Olav (2023) “When words coalesce II: Preverb incorporation in Indo-European”, in Indo-European Linguistics‎[2], volume 11, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, page 21
  3. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σπέρχομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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