Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kʷem-

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

Root

*kʷem-

1. to swallow

Derived terms

• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *čam-
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *čam-
    • Sanskrit: चम् (cam)

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “640”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 640
• 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 255