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Indo-European Linguistics
Proto-Indo-European Roots
PIE */a/
Laryngeal */H2e/, */eH2/
Entries in the table below show Proto-Indo-European (PIE) roots, rendered as Pokorny etyma where the reconstructed phoneme */a/ appears in initial (via laryngeal */H2e/) or final (via laryngeal */eH2/) position. Each root is linked to a page showing the PIE etymon and Indo-European reflexes thereof.
Note: Pokorny's etyma as spelled on this page have been rendered in ISO-8859-1, but links lead to pages rendered in Unicode 3 -- with other renderings available via links there. [Unicode pages generally render Pokorny's etyma and non-English text more faithfully than is possible in ISO-8859-1, so they are much preferred.]
| Initial Position | Final Position | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIE *ayos- 'metal' | PIE *akwa- 'river, water' | |||
| PIE *awes- 'to shine' | PIE *bha- 'to speak' | |||
| PIE *anut- 'duck' | PIE *da 'to share, divide' |