Appendix:Proto-Indo-European/gʷʰen-

This entry contains Proto-Indo-European reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Root

*gʷʰen-

1. to strike, slay, kill

Derived terms

• *gʷʰéntis (“striking, beating”)
• *gʷʰn̥tós (“slain, killed”)
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: φατός (phatós)
  • Indo-Iranian:
    • Sanskrit: हत (hatá)
• Other formations:
  • Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: գան (gan)
    • Old Armenian: ջին (ǰin)
  • Baltic:
    • Lithuanian: giñti (“drive, herd”)
    • Lithuanian: genėti (“to lop, to trim”)
  • Germanic: *banô < gʷʰon-on-
  • Germanic: *banjō < *gʷʰon-y-
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: θείνω (théinō) < *gʷʰen-ye-
    • Ancient Greek: φόνος (phónos) (“murder”) < *gʷʰón-os
  • Indo-Iranian:
    • Sanskrit: हन्ति (hanti)
    • Avestan: 𐬘𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬙𐬌 (jainti)
  • Italic:
    • Latin: -fendō in offendō and dēfendō < *gʷʰen-d-
  • Slavic: *žęti
    • Old Church Slavonic: жѧти (žęti) (“reap”)
    • Serbo-Croatian: žeti, жети
    • Russian: жать (žat')
  • Slavic: *gъnati
    • Old Church Slavonic: гънати (gъnati) (“drive (animals)”)
    • Czech: hnát
    • Russian: гнать (gnat')
    • Russian: гонять (gonjat')