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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wegʷ-

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

*wegʷ-

  1. wet, moist

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wegʷ-‎ (4 c, 0 e)
  • *wogʷ-o-s[1][2][3]
    • Proto-Germanic: *wakwaz (see there for further descendants)
  • *ug-ró-s[1][2][3]
    • Proto-Hellenic: *ugrós
  • *wogʷ-edʰo-s[1]
  • *wogʷ-mo-
  • >? *ugʷ-s-ḗn (“bull, ox”)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Sanskrit: उक्षति (ukṣáti, “to wet, moisten, sprinkle with water; to emit seed”)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “wakwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 569
  2. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ūvidus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 648
  3. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὑγρός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1525-1526
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