Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/weh₂g-

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

*weh₂g-[1][2]

  1. to shatter, to break asunder
  2. ? to make a harsh sound

Alternative reconstructions

Reconstruction notes

Sometimes associated with Sanskrit वज्र (vájra, “thunderbolt, diamond”), which would require a stem *weh₂ǵ- and exclude Sanskrit वग्नु (vagnú) and the Lithuanian lemmas. But vájra is usually thought to derive from *weǵ- (“strong, lively”).

Derived terms

  • *uh₂g-mós
    • Proto-Hellenic: *wagmós
      • Ancient Greek: ἀγμός (agmós, “fracture; crag, cliff”)
  • *uh₂g-néw-ti
    • Proto-Hellenic: *wágnūmi
  • ? *wéh₂g-ye-ti (ye-present)
    • Proto-Italic:
  • ? *weh₂g-nú-s

Unsorted formations

  • Proto-Anatolian:
    • Hittite: 𒉿𒀀𒆠 (wa-a-ki /⁠wāki⁠/, “bites”) (possibly)
    • Palaic: [script needed] (wa-ak-ka₄-kán-ta, “broke”, 3pl. preterite active)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
    • Lithuanian: vogrėti, vograuti (“grumble, growl, snarl”), vogra (“grumbler”)
  • Proto-Tocharian:
    • Tocharian A: wāk- (“to burst, split asunder”)
    • Tocharian B: wāk- (“to burst, split asunder”)

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 664-5
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “u̯āk-i / u̯akk-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 939–940
  3. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἄγνυμι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 13–14
  4. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “wāk-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 635–636
  5. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 488
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “vāgiō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 651

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