Szemerényi Oswald. Studies in the Kinship Terminology of the Indo-European Languages with Special Reference to Indian, Iranian, Greek, and Latin

Acta Iranica 16, 1977. — Textes et mémoires, VII: Varia 1977. — p. 1-240 – Édition: Téhéran-Liège: Bibliothèque Pahlavi. — Diffusion: Leiden: E.J. Brill.Summary: Preface. Abbreviations. Introduction. Consanguineals: Father. Mother. Son: sūnus; Kuruš – κοῦρος; παῖς – puer. Daughter: dhugə-tēr. Brother: bhrātēr (= bhr-ātēr!). Sister: swesōr – sor- ?, hārišī, -sara-, asara-/ὄαρ/āharī, su-esōr. k^wet-esores, uxor, swo-/s(w)e, ἔρας, s(w)ebho-. Grandfather: awos (HauHos). ano- (Hano-). Grandmother: anā (Hanā), awā, awī. Grandson: nepōs; υἱωνός, enenkel, vnuk, tiechter. Granddaughter: neptī. Uncle: awos, awe haime, pətr-awos, mātr-awos. tūirya, afdar. Aunt. Nephew – Niece. Cousin. Affinals: Father- and mother-in-law: swekuros, swekrūs, uošve. Daughter-in-law: snusūs. sunu-sū-s. Son-in-law: geməter, geməros. Husband. Wife: g^wen-, δάμαρ, wība-, brūþs, sētig. Widow: widhewā. Husbands brother: daiwēr. Husbands sister: gali-. Husbaud’s brother’s wife: yenətēr. Wife’s sister’s husband : sweliyo-. Groups: House: dom-. Clan: wik-, woiko-, tr̥bo-. People: teutā. Free: leudheros, ereutero, arawa(tar); priyo-, proprius, pēr/pr̥nos, prināti; arya-, ārya-, ara-, ary, alyos. Conclusions and Confrontations: Linguistic points: new solutions, -ter, vocative, multiplicity of independent terms. Anthropological points: Imprecision of signified. Explanation of semantic variation: Delbrück; Thomson, Isačenko; Benveniste; Omaha-theories: First Lounsbury; Omaha tribes and Omaha systems; Second Lounsbury, Friedrich, Gates, Wordick; Critique; Solution: avunculate, Lévi-Strauss, Hanos – HauHos. Joint family and patriarchal system: Views of Indo-Europeanists; No kinship terms for wife’s kin: anthropological absurdity; What is patriarchy?: Patriliny; Patrilocality, wedh-/vadhū, bride-price, son-in-law; Inheritance – succession; Patripotestality. Meaning of patriarchal regime. References. Index of words: Indo-European. Albanian. Anatolian. Armenian. Baltic. Celtic. Germanic. Greek (and Mycenaean). Illyrian. Indo-Iranian. Italic. Phrygian. Slavic. Thracian. Tokharian. Hungarian. Addenda: To the references; To the footnotes.