Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wreh₁ǵ-

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

*wreh₁ǵ-^[1]

to break, tear

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wreh₁ǵ- (9 c, 0 e)

*wreh₁ǵ-ye-ti (ye-present)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *rḗˀźtei
  - Proto-Slavic: *rězati (“cut, slice”)
*wroh₁ǵ-s
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *rōźas
  - Lithuanian: rúоžаs
  - Proto-Slavic: *razъ (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: ῥώξ (rhṓx)
Unsorted formations:
- Ancient Greek: ῥήγνυμι (rhḗgnumi, “break, tear”)
- Old Armenian: երգիծանեմ (ergicanem, “tear”)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1282-3

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1282-3

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