Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂weg-

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

    *h₂weg-[1]

    1. to increase, to enlarge

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂weg- (23 c, 0 e)
    • *h₂ewg- (reanalysed form of the same root)
    • *h₂wég-se-ti (se-present)
      • Proto-Germanic: *wahsijaną (intensive from root reanalysed as *h₂wegs-)
      • Proto-Hellenic: *awéksō
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hwakšáyati
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hwakṣáyati
          • Sanskrit: वक्षयति (vakṣáyati) (intensive from root reanalysed as *h₂wegs-)
        • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hwaxšáyati
    • *h₂wég-s-es ~ *h₂wég-s-os- (“breast, chest”)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hwákšas
    • *h₂weg-s-tu-s
      • Proto-Germanic: *wahstuz (see there for further descendants)
    • Unsorted formations:
      • (possibly) Proto-Celtic: *wegrom (“grass, hay”) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Germanic: *wōkraz (“increase, gain, yield”) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Slavic: *ovoťe (“fruit”) (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
    2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 170
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