The proposed path from *set-eu-o- to Greek ἐτεός includes loss of the inherited initial sibilant; Gális discusses psilosis and only tentatively raises contact as an explanation.
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ἐτεός
in accordance with truth; true; really
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Indo-European · Proto-Indo-European adjectival formation, proposed · true adjective*set-eu-o-
having or containing true order; real
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A possessive true-order adjective yields the attested senses true and really.
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Martin Gális · Robert Beekes
proposed — The preform and phonological account are scholarly reconstructions, not written stages.
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Etygram: ἐτός / ἔτυμος dossierModern etymology section for ἐτεός
contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Independently places ἐτεός in the proposed *set-u- family.
Mycenae, Troy and Anatolia: Mycenaean Names in Hittite Documents, and Anatolian Names in the Homeric IliadEteocles etymology: *set-eu-o- and proposed psilosis
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Supplies the preform and carefully qualified phonological account.
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