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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/serp-

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

Root

*serp-[1][2][3][4]

  1. to creep, crawl

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *serp-‎ (7 c, 0 e)
  • *sérp-t ~ sr̥p-ént (root aorist)[4]
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hásarpt
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hásarpt
        • Sanskrit: असृपत् (ásṛpat)
  • *sérp-e-ti (thematic root present)[4]
  • *sḗrp-s-t ~ *sérp-s-n̥t (s-aorist)[4]
    • Proto-Hellenic: *éhērpsa
      • Ancient Greek: (ἐξ)ἧρψα ((ex)hêrpsa)
    • Proto-Italic: *serpsai
  • *se-sórp-e ~ se-sr̥p-ḗr (reduplicated perfect)[4]
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sasárpa
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *sasárpa
        • Sanskrit: ससर्प (sasárpa)
  • *serp-ó-s
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sarpás (see there for further descendants)
  • *serp-en-o-s
    • Proto-Albanian: *serpena[3] (see there for further descendants)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Proto-Albanian: *ś(t)ripenī̆

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἕρπω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 463-464
  2. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “serpō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 558
  3. Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page gjarpër ~ gjarpën
  4. Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*serp-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 536
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