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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/deḱs-

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

Etymology

Stüber suggests *deḱs- continues the *s stem noun *déḱos (“that which is proper”), from *deḱ- (“take, perceive”).[1][2]

Root

*deḱs-[2][3]

  1. right (side)

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *deḱs-
  • *déḱs-i-no-s
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *déśinas (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dáćšinas (see there for further descendants)
  • *deḱs(-i)-te-ró-s
  • *deḱs-wo-s
    • Proto-Celtic: *dexswos (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *tehswô (see there for further descendants)
    • Italic:
      • Umbrian: desua, dersua, 𐌕𐌄𐌔𐌅𐌀𐌌 (tesvam)
  • *deḱs-i-wó-s
    • Proto-Celtic: *dexsiwos
      • Gaulish: Dexsiua
    • Proto-Hellenic: *deksiwós
      • Mycenaean Greek: 𐀆𐀑𐀯𐀺 (de-ki-si-wo /deksiwós/)
      • Ancient Greek: δεξιός (dexiós)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Albanian: djathtë (< + -të < Medieval Albanian djathë)

References
  1. Karin Stüber (2006) “Die indogermanischen Ausdrücke für ‘rechts’ und ‘links’”. International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Reconstruction, 3, 61-72.
  2. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “dexter”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 168
  3. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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