Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂yew-

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

Etymology

Back-formation from the noun *h₂óyu ~ *h₂yéw-, from the root *h₂ey- (“vital force, life”).[1]

Root

*h₂yew-[1]

straight, upright, right[2]
right, justice, law

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂yew-

*h₂yéw-os ~ *h₂yéw-es-
- Proto-Italic: *jowos
  - Old Latin: ious
    - Latin: iūs (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hyáwš
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hyáwṣ
    - Sanskrit: योस् (yós)
  - Proto-Iranian: *Hyáwš
    - Avestan: 𐬫𐬀𐬊𐬱‎ (yaoš)
*h₂yew-dʰ-os
- Proto-Celtic: *yowdos
  - Proto-Brythonic: *jʉð (see there for further descendants)
*h₂yew-es-tos
- Proto-Italic: *jowestos
  - Latin: iūstus (see there for further descendants)
*h₂yew-es-eh₂-ye-
- Proto-Italic: *jowezāō
  - Latin: iūrō (see there for further descendants)
*Hyewdʰ-[2]

References

De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Willi, Andreas (2001), “Lateinisch iubēre, griechisch εὐϑύς und ein indogermanisches Rechtskonzept”, in Historische Sprachforschung (in German), volume 114, issue 1. H., DOI:10.2307/41289052, pages 117–146

[De_Vaan_2008-1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[Willi-2] Willi, Andreas (2001), “Lateinisch iubēre, griechisch εὐϑύς und ein indogermanisches Rechtskonzept”, in Historische Sprachforschung (in German), volume 114, issue 1. H., DOI:10.2307/41289052, pages 117–146