Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵʰeh₂-

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

    *ǵʰeh₂-[1]

    1. to yawn, gape

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰeh₂- (13 c, 0 e)
    • *ǵʰh₂i-éh₂-ye-ti[2]
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *źiā́ˀtei
        • Lithuanian: žióti
        • Proto-Slavic: *zijati (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Italic: *hiāō
    • *ǵʰh₂i-nu-ti[2]
      • Hittite: [script needed] (kīnuzi ~ kinuu̯anzi, to open up, break open)
    • *ǵʰh₂-néh₂-ti
      • Ancient Greek: χαίνω (khaínō)
      • Proto-Germanic: *ganāną (see there for further descendants)
    • *ǵʰh₂-sḱéti ~ ǵʰh₂-sḱónti
    • *ǵʰei-ǵʰh₂-oi- (reduplicated i-perfect)
    • *ǵʰh₂ey-
      • *ǵʰi-né-h₂-ti ~ ǵʰi-n-h₂-énti (nasal infix present)[2]
        • Proto-Germanic: *ginōną, *gīnaną (to gape, yawn) (see there for further descendants)
      • *ǵʰh₂óy-u
    • *ǵʰh₂-bʰ-
      • Proto-Germanic: *gapōną (see there for further descendants)
    • *ɡ́ʰéh₂-os ~ ɡʰéh₂-es-os
    • *ɡ́eh₂-w-
      • *ɡ́ʰéh₂w-mō ~ ɡ́ʰh₂w-m̥nés
        • Proto-Germanic: *gōmô (see there for further descendants)
    Unsorted formations
    • >? Proto-Germanic: *gagin (towards, against)
    • Proto-Germanic: *gaidwą (lack, want, noun) (see there for further descendants)
    • >? Proto-Germanic: *gailaz (wanton) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *gaisnaz, *gaisnijaz
      • Proto-West Germanic: *gaisnī (unfruitful, barren) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Tocharian:
      • Tocharian B: kāyā (to open wide, gape)
    • ? Old Georgian: გემოჲ (gemoy, palate, taste) (or from Ancient Greek) (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ 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 1614
    2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*gīnan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 178
    3. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “koyn”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 216-217