Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wegʷ-

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

*wegʷ-[1]

  1. wet, moist

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wegʷ- (4 c, 0 e)
  • *wégʷ-s-ti ~ ugʷ-s-énti (desiderative)[1]
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
        • Sanskrit: उक्षति (ukṣáti, “to wet, moisten, sprinkle with water; to emit seed”)
  • *wogʷ-o-s[2][3][4]
    • Proto-Germanic: *wakwaz (see there for further descendants)
  • *ug-ró-s[2][3][4]
    • Proto-Hellenic: *ugrós
  • *wogʷ-edʰo-s[2]
  • *wogʷ-mo-
  • >? *ugʷ-s-ḗn (“bull, ox”)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*u̯egu̯-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 662
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “wakwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 569
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ūvidus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 648
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὑγρός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1525-1526
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