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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gewH-

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

Etymology

Perhaps connected to the synonymous *ǵʰewH-.

Root

*g⁽ʷ⁾ew(H)- or *g⁽ʷ⁾ew(h₂)-[1][2][3]

  1. to call, name
  2. to invoke, call on
  3. to cry, cry out

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gewH-‎ (6 c, 0 e)
  • *géwH-e-ti (thematic root present)[2]
    • Proto-Germanic: *kewaną (“to cry”)
      • Old Norse: kjá
    • (perhaps) Proto-Indo-Iranian: *gáwbati
      • Proto-Iranian: *gáwbati (see there for further descendants)
  • *gowH-éye-ti (causative)[2]
    • Proto-Germanic: *kawjaną (“to call, name”) (see there for further descendants)
  • *gowh₂-dʰh₁-y-ónti (denominative)[4]
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *gaustei
      • Lithuanian: gaũsti, gaudžiù (“to make a sound, hum”, 1sg.)
      • Latvian: gaũst, gaūžu (“to wail, lament”, 1sg.)
      • Proto-Slavic: *gǫsti (“to make a sound, hum, sing, weep, play an instrument”)[3] (see there for further descendants)
  • *gow-dʰh₁-us[4]
    • Balto-Slavic:
      • Lithuanian: gaudùs (“sonorous”)
      • Latvian: gàuds (“miserable”)
  • *gowH-oro-s[2]
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *gawaras
      • Latvian: gaura (“chatter”)
      • Proto-Slavic: *gȍvorъ (“talk”)[3] (see there for further descendants)
  • *gʷowH-e-ti (thematic root present)
    • Proto-Italic: *gʷow-
      • Latin: bovō (“loudly call upon, cry aloud”)
  • *gʷowH-os[1][2]
    • Hellenic:
      • Ancient Greek: γόος (góos, “wailing, weeping, lament”)
  • *guH-mós[2]
    • Proto-Germanic: *kūmaz (“thin, weak, frail”)
      • ⇒ Old High German: kūmo (see there for further descendants)
      • ⇒ Old English: cyme
  • Unsorted formations:
    • >? Sanskrit: जोगुवे (joguve, “to call, invoke”)

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “*g⁽ʷ⁾ow(H)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 280
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gowH-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 282
  3. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gow(H)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 182
  4. Yamazaki, Yoko (2009) “The Saussure Effect in Lithuanian”, in The Journal of Indo-European Studies‎
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