Cognate Set 6681 – Meaning: earth

IE-CoR reference form:
*pleth₂-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Indo-European
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
Originally a feminine adjectival form of Vedic pr̥thú- 'wide, broad' <*pl̥th₂-ú- as an epithet of the earth, further to PIE *pleth₂- 'to become wide, broad; to spread out' (EWAia II:161-163, NIL 564, cf. LIV² 486-487).
Found in clades:
Indic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 1 lexeme.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
21   Vedic: Early pṛthivī́ पृथिवी pr̩tʰɪˈʋiː pr̥tʰiviː most frequent term in RV
References
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred: II:161-163
    S.v. Ved. pr̥thivī́- 'die Erde, Mutter Erde, vergöttliche Erde', originally the feminine stem to pr̥thú- 'wide' as an epithet of the earth; cf. s.v. Ved. pr̥thú- 'breit, weit, ausgedehnt groß, zahlreich, umfänglich' (cf. IIr. OAv. pərəθu- 'breit, weit'), from PIE *plth₂-ú- (cf. Gk. πλατύς 'weit, breit, flach, eben', Lith. platùs 'weit, breit, ausgedehnt', etc.). p.179 "práthas- n. Weite, Breite, Ausdehnung [...] Iir., jav. fraϑah- n. "Breite" - Idg. *pléth₂-es-"
  • Rix, Helmut: 486-487
    Cf. s.v. *pleth₂- 'breit werden, sich ausbreiten' (IEW 833).
  • Wodtko, Dagmar S. and Irslinger, Britta and Schneider, Carolin: 564
    S.v. *pleth₂- 'breit werden, sich ausbreiten' (LIV 486f., IEW 833).