Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sep-

Alternative reconstructions

 * *seh₁p-

Reconstruction
Kroonen explains the a in Latin, and perhaps Germanic, as a "schwa secundum": an epenthetic vowel arising in the zero grade. De Vaan assumes a laryngeal origin instead, and posits zero-grade, while noting that the full grade was likely based on a long vowel  found in Sabellic.

Root

 * 1) to taste, to try out

Derived terms

 * *s(ə)p- or *sh₁p-
 * *s(ə)p-yé-ti or *sh₁p-yé-ti or *sop-yé-ti
 * Unsorted formations:
 * Italic:
 * *sh₁p-mo-
 * Unsorted formations:
 * Italic:
 * *sh₁p-mo-
 * *sh₁p-mo-
 * *sh₁p-mo-
 * *sh₁p-mo-