Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʷʰen-

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

*gʷʰen- (imperfective)^[1]^[2]^[3]

to strike, slay, kill

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷʰen- (42 c, 0 e)

*gʷʰén-ti ~ *gʷʰn-énti (athematic root present)
*gʷʰén-dʰh₁e-ti (dʰh₁-present)
- Proto-Italic: *fendō (or < *gʷʰn̥dʰi (“strike!”, pr.ipv.sg.))^[4]
  - Latin: *fendō^[5]
    - ⇒ Latin: dēfendō (see there for further descendants)
    - ⇒ Latin: offendō (see there for further descendants)

*gʷʰén-ye-ti (ye-present)^[6]^[5]
- >? Proto-Albanian: *gānja
  - Albanian: gjuaj (“to hunt”)^[2] (or < *h₁eyǵʰ- or *seh₂ǵ-)
- Proto-Armenian:
  - Old Armenian: ջնջեմ (ǰnǰem) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *genˀtei^[7]
  - Latvian: dzenêt
  - Lithuanian: genė́ti (“to lop, to trim”)
  - Proto-Slavic: *žę̀ti^[8] (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *kʷʰéňňō^[9]
  - Ancient Greek: θείνω (theínō, “to strike”)

*gʷʰe-gʷʰón-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰn-ḗr (reduplicated thematic root aorist)
- Proto-Celtic:
  - Old Irish: geguin
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: πέφαται (péphatai)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ǰʰagʰā́na ~ *ǰʰagʰnŕ̥š
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ȷ́agʰā́na ~ *ȷ́agʰnŕ̥ṣ
    - Sanskrit: जघान (jaghā́na), जघ्नुर् (jaghnúr)
  - Proto-Iranian: *ǰagā́na ~ *ǰagnŕ̥š
    - Avestan: 𐬘𐬀𐬖𐬥𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬵 (jaγnuuāh, part.)

*gʷʰn̥-sḱé-ti (sḱe-present)^[2]
- Proto-Anatolian: *gʷənsḱéti
  - Hittite: 𒆪𒀸𒆠- (ku-aš-ke-), 𒆪𒉿𒀸𒆠- (ku-wa-aš-ke- /⁠kʷəské-⁠/)^[10]
- Proto-Tocharian: *käsk-^[11]
  - Tocharian B: käsk-

*gʷʰon-éye-ti (eye-causative)^[2]
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *gánīˀtei (see there for further descendants)
*gʷʰé-gʷʰn-e-t (reduplicated aorist)^[2]
- Proto-Hellenic: *kʷʰékʷʰnon
  - Ancient Greek: ἔπεφνον (épephnon, “to slay”)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ǰʰágʰnat
  - Proto-Iranian: *ǰágnat
    - Avestan: 𐬥𐬌𐬘𐬀𐬖𐬥𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬈 (nijaγnəṇte, 3pl.pres.mid.ind.), 𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬘𐬀𐬖𐬥𐬀𐬝 (auuajaγnat̰, 3sg.pres.inj.)

*gʷʰén-ti-s ~ *gʷʰn̥-téy-s (“striking, beating”)

*gʷʰén-tōr ~ *gʷʰn̥-tr-és (“one who strikes, kills”)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ǰʰantā́
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *źʰantā́
    - Sanskrit: हन्तृ (hantṛ, “killer, slayer”)
  - Proto-Iranian: *ǰantā́
    - Avestan: 𐬘𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬀𐬭 (jaṇtar, “one who strikes”)
    - Old Persian: [Term?] (/⁠jaⁿtar⁠/, “one who strikes”)
- ⇒ *gʷʰn̥tr-éh₂
  - Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ǰʰatráH
    - Proto-Iranian: *ǰaθráH (“poison”)^[12] (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ *gʷʰn̥tr-íh₂
  - Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ǰʰatríH
    - Proto-Iranian: *ǰaθríH (“thorn, prickle”)^[12]

*gʷʰn̥-tó-s (“slain, killed”)
- Proto-Hellenic: *kʷʰətós (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ǰʰatás (see there for further descendants)

*gʷʰón-o-s

*gʷʰon-ó-s

*gʷʰon-éh₂
- Proto-Germanic: *banō (“cleared path; battlefield”) (see there for further descendants)

*gʷʰón-i ~ *gʷʰn̥-y-és
- Proto-Celtic: *gʷoni (see there for further descendants)

*gʷʰón-i-s ~ *gʷʰn̥-y-és^[13]
- Armenian:
  - Old Armenian: գան (gan), գանեմ (ganem)

*gʷʰón-ō
- Proto-Germanic: *banô (“murderer”) (see there for further descendants)

*gʷʰón-yeh₂
- Proto-Germanic: *banjō (“wound”) (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ǰʰan-
- Proto-Indo-Aryan:
  - Sanskrit: हन् (han, “to kill”, root)
- Proto-Iranian: *ǰan-
  - Persian: زَن (zan, “strike, beat”)

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “g^u̯hen-(ə)-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 491-493
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*g^u̯ʰen-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 218-219
^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*ǰan”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 224-225
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “-fendō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 210-211
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, § 218
^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “*ǰinǰ-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 559
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “genėti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 170-171
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žę̀ti II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 561
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “θείνω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 536-537
^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “kue(n)-^zi / kun- / kuu̯a(n)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 561-562
^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “käsk-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 189
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) “*jaθra-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 141–142
^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “gan”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 198

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “g^u̯hen-(ə)-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 491-493

[LIV-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*g^u̯ʰen-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 218-219

[3] Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*ǰan”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 224-225

[4] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “-fendō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 210-211

[Sihler-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, § 218

[6] Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “*ǰinǰ-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 559

[7] Derksen, Rick (2015) “genėti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 170-171

[8] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žę̀ti II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 561

[9] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “θείνω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 536-537

[10] Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “kue(n)-^zi / kun- / kuu̯a(n)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 561-562

[11] Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “käsk-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 189

[ESIJa-12] 12.0 ^12.1 Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) “*jaθra-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 141–142

[13] Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “gan”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 198

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