Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kret-

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

Root

*kret-[1]

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kret-‎ (10 c, 0 e)

*krét-u-s ~ *kr̥t-éw-s[2]
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: κρατύς (kratús)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *krátuš (see there for further descendants)
*krét-os ~ *kr̥t-és-os[2]
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: κράτος (krátos), κάρτος (kártos); κρέτος (krétos)
    - Greek: κράτος (krátos)
*kort-ús (o-grade possibly explained via Schwebeablaut)[2]
- Proto-Germanic: *harduz[2] (see there for further descendants)
*krét-yōs
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: κρέσσων (kréssōn), κρείσσων (kreíssōn)
*kr̥t-(t)eros
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: καρτερός (karterós)

References

Fortson, Benjamin W. (2004) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, first edition, Oxford: Blackwell
Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hardu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 211: “*kort-ú-”

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[1] Fortson, Benjamin W. (2004) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, first edition, Oxford: Blackwell

[Kroonen-2] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hardu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 211: “*kort-ú-”