Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)weh₂gʰ-

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

*(s)weh₂gʰ-

to sound

Derived terms

*(s)wéh₂gʰ-e-ti (root thematic present)
- Proto-Germanic: *swōganą (“resound”)
*(s)wéh₂gʰ-ye-ti (ye-present)
- Proto-Italic:
  - Latin: vāgiō (“wail”)
*(s)wéh₂gʰ-is ~ *(s)wh₂gʰ-éys
- Proto-Germanic: *swōgiz (“sound”)
*(s)wéh₂gʰ-n-us ~ *(s)weh₂gʰ-n-ús
- Proto-Indo-Iranian:
  - Sanskrit: वग्नु (vagnu, “sound, noise”)

Unsorted formations

Ancient Greek: ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”)

References

Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἠχη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 528
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vāgiō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 649