Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵʰengʰ-

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

    *ǵʰengʰ-[1][2]

    1. to walk
    2. to step

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰengʰ- (0 c, 49 e)
    • *ǵʰongʰ- (o-grade root present)
      • Proto-Germanic: *ganganą (see there for further descendants)
    • *ǵʰengʰ-ye-ti (ye-present)
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *źengjetei
    • *ǵʰongʰ-i-s
      • Proto-Germanic: *gangiz (see there for further descendants)
    • *ǵʰongʰ-o-s
      • Proto-Germanic: *gangaz (see there for further descendants)
    • *ǵʰéngʰ-os ~ *ǵʰéngʰ-es-
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ȷ́ʰánǰʰas
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ȷ́ánźʰas
    • *ǵʰéngʰ-o-s
    • *ǵʰéngʰ-tis
      • Proto-Germanic: *ginhtiz
        • Middle High German: gīht
    • *ǵʰongʰ-tis
      • Proto-Germanic: *ganhtiz (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 166-7
    2. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 175-6