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ἐτεός
A Homeric Greek true-word related to ἔτυμος and ἐτήτυμος, with a proposed prehistory in *set-eu-o- and *set-u-.
“The asterisked form behind ἐτεός is an analysis, not an inscription. Even the proposed loss of initial *s and its possible contact history remain open scholarship.”OPEN COMPLETE WORD DOSSIER ↗
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PARENT ROUTES1 REVIEWED RELATIONSHIP
Ancient Greekἐτεός
in accordance with truth; true; really
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Proto-Indo-European · Proto-Indo-European adjectival formation, proposed*set-eu-o-having or containing true order; real
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RECONSTRUCTED, NOT DIRECTLY ATTESTED
- SOUND CHANGE
- 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.
- SEMANTIC CHANGE
- A possessive true-order adjective yields the attested senses true and really.
- SCHOLAR
- Martin Gális · Robert Beekes
- CONFIDENCE
- proposed — The preform and phonological account are scholarly reconstructions, not written stages.
2 CITATIONSEtygram: ἐτός / ἔτυμος dossierModern etymology section for ἐτεός Mycenae, Troy and Anatolia: Mycenaean Names in Hittite Documents, and Anatolian Names in the Homeric IliadEteocles etymology: *set-eu-o- and proposed psilosis AUDIT CANONICAL EDGE 550 ↗
Independently places ἐτεός in the proposed *set-u- family.
ORIGINAL ↗Supplies the preform and carefully qualified phonological account.
ORIGINAL ↗THE ASTERISK IS A PROMISE
RECONSTRUCTION IS
NOT INSCRIPTION.
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