Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/tpelH-

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

*pl̥h₁-[1]

Root

*tpelH-[2]

fortification, city

Derived terms

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

*tpólH-i-s
- Proto-Hellenic: *ptólis
  - Ancient Greek: πτόλις (ptólis), πόλις (pólis)
*tpl̥H-i-s
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *pilis[3]
  - Latvian: pils
  - Lithuanian: pilìs
*tpĺ̥H
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *pŕ̥H[1]
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *pŕ̥H
    - Sanskrit: पूर् (pū́r, nom. sg)
      - ⇒ Sanskrit: पुर (pura) (see there for further descendants)
      - ⇒ Sanskrit: पुरी (purī) (see there for further descendants)

References

Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “púr-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πόλις”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1220
Derksen, Rick (2015), “pilis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 356

[IAIL-1] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “púr-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[2] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πόλις”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1220

[3] Derksen, Rick (2015), “pilis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 356