Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/treb-

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

*treb-

1. settlement, dwelling
2. to build, dwell

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *treb- (6 c, 0 e)

• *treb-eh₂
  • Proto-Celtic: *trebā (“settlement”) (see there for further descendants)
• *treb-nos
  • Proto-Celtic: *trebnos
    • Proto-Brythonic: *treβn
      • Old Welsh:
        • Middle Welsh: trefn (“room, house”)
  • Proto-Italic: *trebno- (possibly)
    • Umbrian: 𐌕𐌓𐌄𐌌𐌍𐌖 (tremnu, “place from where the augur observes the birds”, abl.sg.)
• *trob-eh₂
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
    • Lithuanian: trobà (“cottage, farmhouse”)
    • Latvian: trāba (“hut, hovel”)
• *tr̥b-om
  • Proto-Germanic: *þurpą (see there for further descendants)
• *tr̥b-s
  • Proto-Italic: *trabs
    • Latin: trabs (“wooden beam”)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *trabs
    • Latvian: trabs (“pole”)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Albanian:
    • Albanian: trevë (“region, province”)
  • Proto-Italic: *trēbarkāō
    • Oscan: 𐌕𐌓𐌝𐌁𐌀𐌓𐌀𐌊𐌀𐌅𐌞𐌌 (tríbarakavúm, “to build”, inf.), 𐌕𐌓𐌝𐌁𐌀𐌓𐌀𐌊𐌀𐌕𐌕𐌌𐌔 (tríbarakattms, 3p.pf.sb), 𐌕𐌓𐌝𐌁𐌀𐌓𐌀𐌊𐌀𐌕𐌕𐌖𐌔𐌄𐌕 (tríbarakattuset, 3p.fut.pf)
  • Proto-Italic: *trēbarkiōns or *trēbarkiūns
    • Oscan: 𐌕𐌓𐌝𐌁𐌀𐌓𐌀𐌊𐌊𐌉𐌖𐌚 (tríbarakkiuf, “building”, nom.sg.)
  • Proto-Italic: *trebēō or *trebiō
    • Umbrian: 𐌕𐌓𐌄𐌁𐌄𐌉𐌕 (trebeit, “lives, dwells”, 3s.pr.)
  • Proto-Italic: *treb-
    • Oscan: 𐌕𐌓𐌝𐌝𐌁𐌞𐌌 (trííbúm, “house”, acc.sg.), 𐌕𐌓𐌝𐌁𐌖𐌃 (tríbud, abl.sg.)