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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/webʰ-

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

*webʰ-[3]

  1. to weave, braid

Reconstruction notes

Beekes reconstructs *h₁webʰ- with the laryngeal on the basis of the initial vowel in Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀸𐀟𐀮𐀰𐀕𐀙 (e-we-pe-se-so-me-na /⁠ewepsēsomena⁠/, “which are to be woven”).[1]

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *webʰ-‎ (9 c, 0 e)
  • *wébʰ-e-ti ~ *wébʰ-o-nti (thematic root present)
    • Proto-Germanic: *webaną[4] (see there for further descendants)
  • *wébʰ-ti ~ *ubʰ-énti (athematic root present)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wabdʰi
      • Proto-Iranian: *wabdi
        • Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬟- (vaf-, “to weave”)
        • Parthian: wfyd (ind.3sg.)
        • Old Persian:
          • Middle Persian: wp- (waf-)
  • *wobʰ-éye-ti (causative)[5]
    • Proto-Germanic: *wabjaną (see there for further descendants)
  • *u-né-bʰ-ti ~ *u-m-bʰ-énti (nasal-infix present)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *umbʰáti
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *umbʰáti
        • Sanskrit: उम्भति (umbháti), उनब्द्धि (unábddhi)
  • *ubʰ-néH-ti ~ *ubʰ-nH-énti (*néH-present)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ubʰnáHti
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ubʰnā́ti
      • Proto-Iranian: *ubnáHti
        • Northern Kurdish: hûnan
  • *ubʰ-yéti ~ *ubʰ-yónti (*yé-present)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ubʰyáti
      • Proto-Iranian: *ubyáti
        • Avestan: 𐬎𐬟𐬌𐬌𐬀- (ufiia-, “to weave, to web”)
  • *wobʰ-eh₂-ti (o-grade eh₂-iterative-intensive)
    • Proto-Tocharian: *wäp- (“to weave, braid”)
  • *webʰ-n- (either denominal from an n-stem or deverbal from an n-infixed verb)
    • ⇒ *webʰ-n-ye-
  • *wobʰ-ó-s
    • Proto-Tocharian: *yape (“spider”)
  • *ubʰ-tó-s
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ubdʰás
      • Proto-Iranian: *ubdáh
        • Avestan: 𐬎𐬠𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬀 (ubdaēna, “made of cloth”)
  • *wóps ~ *webʰ-és
  • *wébʰ-tis
    • Proto-Germanic: *wiftiz (see there for further descendants)
  • *wobʰ-yo-m[6]
    • Proto-Germanic: *wabją (“web”) (see there for further descendants)
Unsorted formations
  • Proto-Germanic: *wabōną, *wabijaną (“to wave”)
    • Old English: wafian (“to wave”)
    • Middle High German: waben (“to wave, undulate”)
    • Old Norse: váfa
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wabʰuš
    • Proto-Iranian: *wabuš
      • Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬟𐬏𐬱 (vafūš, “hymn, web”)

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὑφαίνω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1540
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  3. Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “weven”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎ (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
  4. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*weban-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 576
  5. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wabjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 564
  6. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wabja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 563
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