Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/wre-

This Proto-Italic 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-Italic

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

  • Of uncertain origin. While the root carries a general sense of "back" or "backwards", its precise sense is not always clear, and its great productivity in classical Latin has the tendency to obscure its original meaning. Watkins proposes a metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”), (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) while de Vaan suggests a derivation from a Proto-Indo-European *wre- (“back”), which may be found in Proto-Slavic *rakъ (“crayfish, lobster”) (tentatively, in an original sense *"looking backwards") and Albanian rrë- (“back”, preverb), unless the latter is borrowed from Latin.[2]

    Prefix

    *wre-[2]

    1. re-, more specifically:
      1. back, backwards
      2. again
      ‎*wre- + ‎*weidsō (“to look at, go see”) → ‎*wreweidsō (“to check, revisit”)

    Derived terms

    Proto-Italic terms prefixed with *wre-
    Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/wreweidsō
    • *wre-kʷe pro-kʷe (“back and forth”)
      • Latin: reciprocus

    Descendants

    • Latin: re- (see there for further descendants)
    • Umbrian: 𐌓𐌄- (re-)

    References

    1. ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014), Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 664
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “re-, red-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 516
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