*SET-U

PERMANENT JOURNEY RECORD / 84

COMPLETE ROUTE ↗
STAGE 01uncertainNO SINGLE PIN

Proto-Indo-European prehistory

Reconstructed Indo-European speech communities

host DOSSIER ↗
THE REVIEWED ROUTE CLAIM

AHD reconstructs *ghos-ti- as a stranger, guest, or host within reciprocal duties and *ghos-pot- as the “guest-master” compound behind Latin hospes. Merriam-Webster publishes the compound analysis while recording objections to the amount of phonetic reduction.

COORDINATES STORED
NO
HONEST TO PLOT
NO
PLACEMENT MODE
uncertain
TIME PRECISION
unresolved
NUMERIC TIME BOUND
WITHHELD
CLAIM CITATIONS
2
THE TEMPORAL CLAIM

NO YEAR HAS BEEN INVENTED.

The comparative reconstruction and its published uncertainty do not support one numeric interval or point location for this prehistoric stage.

DIRECT STAGE-LEVEL PROVENANCE

AUDIT THE ROUTE CLAIM.

Every source below identifies its exact stance, locator, and evidentiary contribution.

  1. context

    Host — Word History

    Publishes the *ghosti-pot- compound analysis but records that the considerable reduction in Latin hospes and Slavic gospodĭ has led some scholars to question the exact etymologies.

    Noun (1) Etymology and reduction noteAUDIT SOURCE ↗
  2. supports

    Indo-European Root ghos-ti-

    Defines *ghos-ti- through reciprocal hospitality and publishes *ghos-pot- “guest-master” as the compound behind Latin hospes and hospitality descendants.

    Root ghos-ti-, reciprocal duties and compound *ghos-pot-AUDIT SOURCE ↗