*sth2-i̯é/ó-
‘to step’
- Language
- Proto-Anatolian
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 1402
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Cuneiform Luwian
ti(ya)-
‘to take a step (?)’1.1.1Transmission
This verb is found in the festival text for the Storm-god of the sky and the Sun goddess of Arinna (ašušatalla-men).
[D.S.]
1.1.2Forms
| 2sg. impv. act. | ti-i-ia | KUB 35.133 iv 12’ | (CTH 665, LNS) |
We owe the unitary paradigm presented here (as in Sasseville 2021a:325f.) to our collaboration with Craig Melchert. The form ti-i-ta (KUB 35.133 iii 6) has been previously identified with ti-ta-aḫ-ḫ[a (KBo 8.17, 4’) as in Laroche 1959a:98 (also see CLuw. tīta-), which is formally possible. Its assignment to the same paradigm as ti-i-ia would be more attractive from the comparative perspective with the context of ti-i-ia, but cannot be proven either due to the fragmentary state of the context.
[D.S.]
1.1.3Meaning
The meaning ‘to take a step’ suggested in Sasseville 2021a:325f. is supported both by the contexts and the etymological connection with Hitt. tiye/a-(mi) ‘to step’, which we owe to Craig Melchert. No semantic assignment had been previously assigned to these words; cf. DLL:98, CLL:228, 230.
[D.S.]
1.1.4Stem
If the same ti-i-ta belongs here, it would prove the lenition of the verb in question. On the other hand, the lenition is made probable by the imperative ending in -iya, for which see Sasseville 2021a:320f.
[D.S.]
1.1.5Derivatives
2. Reconstruction
2.1Reconstruction ‘to step’
If one equates Luw. ti(ya)-(di)? ‘to take a step (?)’ with Hitt. tiye/a-(mi) ‘to step’, a Proto-Anatolian formation in *-i̯e/o- derived from the root *steh2- can be reconstructed, i.e. *steh2-i̯e/o. The shape of the Hittite verb implies that the accent was on the suffix, i.e. *sth2-i̯é/ó-. However, this would not have triggered lenition in Luwian, which is why Sasseville 2021a:326 suggests that the syllabification of the glide in Proto-Anatolian may have played a role due to the otherwise absence of a root syllable, i.e. *sth2íi̯e-di, which would allow for the ending to lenite between unaccented syllable.
[D.S.]
For the lemma head see PAnat. *stóh2-/sth2-´.