Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)penh₁-

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

*(s)penh₁- (imperfective)[1]

to twist
to weave

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)penh₁-

*(s)pen-dʰh₁e-ti[2]
*(s)pénh₁e-tor (deponent thematic root present)
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: πένομαι (pénomai)[3]
*(s)penh₁-ne-ti (ne-present)[4]
- Proto-Germanic: *spinnaną (see there for further descendants)
*(s)pn̥h₁-ti (zero-grade athematic present)[5]
- Old Armenian: հենում (henum)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *pínˀtei (see there for further descendants)

References

Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πένομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1172: “(s)penh₁-”
De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “pendō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 457
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πένομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1172
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*spinnan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 160: “*(s)penh₁-ne-”
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*spinnan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 160: “*(s)pnh₁-”

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πένομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1172: “(s)penh₁-”

[deVaan-2] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “pendō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 457

[3] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πένομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1172

[4] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*spinnan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 160: “*(s)penh₁-ne-”

[5] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*spinnan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 160: “*(s)pnh₁-”