Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)poH(y)-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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

De Vaan and Lubotsky suggest that this may be derived from a y-extension of *speh₁- (“to be filled to the brim”). [1]

Root

*(s)poH(y)-[2]

foam

Derived terms

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*(s)poHy-m-os
- Germanic: *faimaz m or n (see there for further descendants)
- Italic:
  - Latin: spūma f
*(s)póHy-nh₂-os, *(s)pHóy-nh₂-os (metathesized variant)
- Balto-Slavic: *spaiˀnas
  - Baltic:
    - Lithuanian: spáinė
    - Old Prussian: spoayno
  - Slavic: *pěna (see there for further descendants)
- Indo-Iranian: *pʰáynas
  - Indo-Aryan: *pʰáynas
    - Sanskrit: फेन m or n (phéna)
Unsorted formations:
- Italic:
  - Latin: pūmex (“pumice”)

References

Lubotsky, Alexander (2011). "The origin of Sanskrit roots of the type sīv- 'to sew', dīv- 'to play dice', with an appendix on Vedic i-perfects." In: Stephanie W. Jamison, H. Craig Melchert, and Brent Vine (eds.), Proceedings of the 22nd Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference, 105-126. Bremen: Hempen.
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill

[1] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011). "The origin of Sanskrit roots of the type sīv- 'to sew', dīv- 'to play dice', with an appendix on Vedic i-perfects." In: Stephanie W. Jamison, H. Craig Melchert, and Brent Vine (eds.), Proceedings of the 22nd Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference, 105-126. Bremen: Hempen.

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