Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gew-

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

*gew-^[1]^[2]

to bend, curve
arch, vault

Derived terms edit

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gew-‎ (4 c, 0 e)

*gudóm (“intestines”)^[2]
(perhaps) *gówr̥ (“curl”)^[3]
- ⇒ Proto-Indo-European: *gow-ro-s (“lock of hair”)^[2]
  - Proto-Balto-Slavic: *gauras
    - Latvian: gauri pl (“pubes”)
    - Lithuanian: gauraĩ pl (“curls of hairs”)^[4]
    - ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *guriti (“to hunch, to bow”) (possibly)
  - Proto-Germanic:
    - Norwegian: kaure (“curly lock of hair”)
- ⇒ Proto-Indo-European: *gow-no-s (“furry, shaggy”)
  - Proto-Indo-Iranian: *gawnám (“fur”)
    - → Proto-Slavic: *guna, *guňa (“coat, rag”) (could also be native)
    - → Ancient Greek: γούνα (goúna, “coarse garment”)
      - → English: gown
*gu-r-nos (“back”)^[2]
- Old Armenian: կուռն (kuṙn) (possibly)
- Balto-Slavic:
  - Lithuanian: gur̃nas (“ankle, hip, bone”)^[5]
*gup-tó-s
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *guptás
  - Sanskrit: गुप्त (gupta)
*gewp-eh₂
- Proto-Albanian: *gāupā
  - Albanian: gop
*gup-eh₂
- Ancient Greek: γῡ́πη (gū́pē)
- Proto-Germanic: *kubô (see there for further descendants)
*gowp-eh₂
- >? Proto-Slavic: *župa (see there for further descendants)

Unsorted formations:
- Old Armenian: կոր (kor, “curved, crooked”)
- Ancient Greek: γυρός (gurós, “round”)
  - Ancient Greek: γῦρος (gûros, “a circle, a ring”) (substantivized)
    - → Latin: gyrus (see there for further descendants)
- Balto-Slavic:
  - >? Proto-Slavic: *guja (“serpent”) (see there for further descendants)

References edit

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “gēu-, gəu-, gū-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 393
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 383
^ Adams, Douglas (1988) “The Indo-European Words for Hair: Reconstructing a Semantic”, in Journal of Indo-European Studies, volume 16, page 72
^ “gaurai”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
^ “gurnas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “gēu-, gəu-, gū-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 393

[Mallory-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 383

[3] Adams, Douglas (1988) “The Indo-European Words for Hair: Reconstructing a Semantic”, in Journal of Indo-European Studies, volume 16, page 72

[4] “gaurai”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

[5] “gurnas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

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