Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂weg-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms 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 edit

Root edit

*h₂weg-[1]

  1. to increase, to enlarge

Derived terms edit

  • *h₂ewg- (reanalysed form of the same root)
  • *h₂wég-se-ti (se-present)
  • *h₂wég-s-es ~ *h₂wég-s-os- (breast, chest)
  • *h₂weg-s-tu-s
    • Proto-Germanic: *wahstuz (see there for further descendants)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • (possibly) Proto-Celtic: *wegrom (grass, hay) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *wōkraz (increase, gain, yield) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Slavic: *ovoťe (fruit) (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 170