"pós" meaning in Proto-Indo-European

See pós in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Etymology: Thought to be related to Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi (“at the back, on”) in meaning and to Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó (“away”) in form. However, dialectal Greek evidence points to the absence of laryngeals, at least in late PIE. Dunkel gives the two meanings ("afterwards" vs. "by, at") as unrelated. Etymology templates: {{cog|ine-pro|*h₁epi||at the back, on}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi (“at the back, on”), {{cog|ine-pro|*h₂pó||away}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó (“away”) Head templates: {{head|ine-pro|adverb|head=*(H)pós}} *(H)pós
  1. afterwards, post- Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-pós-ine-pro-adv-dka9FThl
  2. by, at Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-pós-ine-pro-adv-CErPlDGX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms (Proto-Hellenic): πύματος (púmatos) (english: hindmost, last) [Ancient-Greek] Related terms (Proto-Hellenic: *poti): ποτί (potí) (english: by, at) [Ancient-Greek] Related terms (Proto-Hellenic: *pói): ποί (poí) (english: in addition to?) [Ancient-Greek] Related terms (Proto-Indo-Iranian: *pati-): pati-
Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 0 Disambiguation of Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 Derived forms (*pós-ti (with the ablative marker *-ti encountered also in *h₂énti) or *pós-dʰi): Proto-Italic: *postiLatin: post, posteOscan: post [archaic], púst, pustinUmbrian: posti (english: after, behind), pustiApocopated forms: post, 𐌐𐌖𐌔South Picene: 𐌐𐌏𐌔𐌕𐌉𐌍 (postin) Derived forms (*pós-ti (with the ablative marker *-ti encountered also in *h₂énti) or *pós-dʰi; Old Armenian): ըստ (əst) (english: on, according to, one after another) Derived forms (>? Proto-Albanian; Albanian): pas Derived forms (Middle Persian: 𐭯𐭮 (ps /⁠pas⁠/)): پس (english: then; pas) [Persian] Derived forms (Proto-Indo-Aryan: *pasčáH): पश्चा (paścā́) (english: following; see there for further descendants) [Sanskrit] Derived forms (Proto-Iranian: *pasčaH): 𐬞𐬀𐬯𐬗𐬀 (pasca) (english: later), фӕстӕ (fæstæ) Derived forms (Proto-Italic: *pozni): pōne (english: behind) [Latin] Derived forms (Proto-Slavic: *pozdě (“lately”)): ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *pozdьnъ (english: late) Derived forms (→? Proto-Finno-Permic: *pošja (“~ back”)): pohja (english: see there for further descendants), poaššō (english: see there for further descendants) Disambiguation of '*pós-ti (with the ablative marker *-ti encountered also in *h₂énti) or *pós-dʰi': 0 0 Disambiguation of '*pós-ti (with the ablative marker *-ti encountered also in *h₂énti) or *pós-dʰi; Old Armenian': 0 0 Disambiguation of '>? Proto-Albanian; Albanian': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'Middle Persian: 𐭯𐭮 (ps /\u2060pas\u2060/)': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'Proto-Indo-Aryan: *pasčáH': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'Proto-Iranian: *pasčaH': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'Proto-Italic: *pozni': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'Proto-Slavic: *pozdě (“lately”)': 0 0 Disambiguation of '→? Proto-Finno-Permic: *pošja (“~ back”)': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'Proto-Hellenic': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'Proto-Hellenic: *poti': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'Proto-Hellenic: *pói': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'Proto-Indo-Iranian: *pati-': 0 0
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "at",
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  ],
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      "english": "see there for further descendants",
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      "english": "see there for further descendants",
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      "english": "following; see there for further descendants",
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      "english": "later",
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      "roman": "fæstæ",
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