*u̯V-dhéh1-/dhh1-´
‘to bring hither’
- Language
- Proto-Anatolian
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 1942
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Cuneiform Luwian
uwata-
‘to bring’1.1.1Transmission
The attested forms are found in the birth rituals of the Tauriša tradition (all MS).
[E.R.]
1.1.2Forms
| 3pl. pres. impv. | ú-wa-ta-a[n-du] | KUB 35.103 ii 14’ | (CTH 766, MS) |
| KUB 35.102 iv 2 | (CTH 766, MS) | ||
| ú-w[a-ta-an-du(?)] | KBo 29.25 iii 12’ | (CTH 764, MS) |
The assignment of the restored form at KBo 29.25 iii 12’ is far from assured.
[E.R.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv.
[E.R.]
1.1.4Meaning
Since DLL:104, the equation between CLuw. uwata- and Hitt. uwate-(mi) ‘to bring’ has been established (see CLL:248, HHw:s.v., HEG U-Z:182, Yakubovich 2017d; doubts are voiced only in EDHIL:935f.). Indeed, the translation “Let them go (and) bring this child’s own mother. Let her šarḫ-, (let) her [” makes sufficiently good sense to support the interpretation based on the formal correspondence.
[E.R.]
1.1.5Stem
The 3pl. form in -andu, even if correctly restored, does not permit an identification of the stem class. Only etymological considerations based on the match with Hitt. uwate-(mi) could argue for a lenited root verb with a vocalic final (Type II in Sasseville 2021a:296-318). However, definite proof is lacking.
[E.R.]
1.2 Hittite
uwate-(mi)
‘to bring hither’1.2.1Literature / Comments
HEG U:178-184.
2. Reconstruction
2.1Reconstruction ‘to bring hither’
The equation between CLuw. uwata- ‘to bring’ and Hitt. uwate-(mi) is compelling (pace EDHIL:935f.). There is considerable debate in the literature on how exactly to reconstruct this verb. A PIE root *u̯edh- has been posited beside a univerbation of a preverb u and *dhéh1-/dhh1-´ ‘to place’ (see Watkins 1969b:69 and Melchert 1994a:134 with further literature), but the former is not convincing from a morphological point of view. As Kloekhorst (EDHIL:935f.) points out, its inflection corresponds to the one of the manifolds univerbated root verb te-/t- (< *dhéh1-/dhh1-´). Moreover, PIE *u̯edh- possibly represents a neo-root of the univerbated formation under discussion (Kümmel 2014a). The problem lies in the shape of the preverb uwa-, which scholars have had trouble explaining, especially in comparison with Hitt. peḫute-(mi) ‘to bring thither’ (see Kümmel 2014a for a phonological solution). For a summary of the literature, see HEG U:182-184. One should also compare PAnat. *u̯e-dhéh1/dhh1-´.
[D.S.]
For the lemma head see PAnat. *dhéh1-/dhh1-´.