Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/gʷápťō

This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂bʰ-.[1]

    Verb

    *gʷápťō

    1. to dip, submerge

    Descendants

    • Ancient Greek: βάπτω (báptō)

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “βάπτω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 200