User:Victar/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-gʰḗn

This 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

Suffix

*-gʰḗn

1. Forms nouns denoting a body part

Derived terms

• *gʷreh₃-gʰḗn ~ *gʷr̥h₃-gʰn-és (“throat, neck”) (< earlier *gʷerh₃-gʰ- *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”))
  • Proto-Celtic: *brāgants (+ *-ants) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *kragą

• *h₂ew-gʰḗn ~ *h₂u-gʰn-és (“neck”) (< *h₂ew- (“to consume”))
  • Proto-Hellenic: *aukʰḗn
    • Ancient Greek: αὐχήν (aukhḗn)

• *h₂en-gʰḗn ~ *h₂n̥-gʰn-és (“ankle”) (< *h₂en-?)
  • *h₂éng-ul-o-s
    • Proto-Germanic: *ankulaz
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hanguri-
      • Sanskrit: अङ्गुरि (aṅguri)
    • Proto-Italic:
      • Latin: angulus
    • Balto-Slavic:
      • Proto-Slavic: *ǫgъlъ

• *h₂enh₁-gʰḗn ~ *h₂n̥h₁-gʰn-és (“lung”) (< *h₂enh₁- (“to breath”))
  • Proto-Germanic: *lungô (unetymological *l?)

• *h₃en-gʰḗn ~ *h₃n̥-gʰn-és (“nail”) (< *h₃en-?)

• *mastr̥-gʰḗn ~ *mastr̥-gʰn-és (“brain, marrow”) (< earlier *masdtr̥-gʰ-ḗn < *masd- (“fat, marrow”))
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mastr̥ǰʰā́, *mastr̥gʰā́
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mastr̥źʰā́
      • Sanskrit: मस्तृहन् (mastṛhan)
    • Proto-Iranian: *mastr̥gā́
      • Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬔𐬀𐬥 (mastər^əgan)

• *masd-gʰḗn ~ *masd-gʰn-és (“brain, marrow”) (< earlier *masd-gʰ- < *masd- (“fat, marrow”))

• *(s)mer-gʰḗn ~ *(s)mr̥-gʰn-és (“brain”) (< *(s)mer- (“fat, marrow”))

• *(s)pelH-gʰḗn ~ *(s)pl̥H-gʰn-és|t=spleen, milt}} (< *(s)pelH- (“split off, separate”)?)

• *ter-gʰḗn ~ *tr̥-gʰn-és (“neck, throat”) (< *ter- (“to speak”))
  • Proto-Hellenic: *trákʰēlos
    • Ancient Greek: τράχηλος (trákhēlos)