Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sperǵʰ-

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

Alternative reconstructions

*spreǵʰ-^[1]

Root

*sperǵʰ-^[1]^[2]

to move rapidly, hurry

Derived terms

*sperǵʰ-e-ti (thematic present)
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: σπέρχω (spérkhō, “I hurry, move rapidly”)
*spr̥-né-ǵʰ-ti ~ *spr̥-n-ǵʰ-énti (nasal-infix present)
- ⇒ *spr-e-n-ǵʰ- ~ *(s)pr-e-n-gʰ- (see there for further descendants)

Unsorted formations

Proto-Albanian:
- Albanian: shpërthej (“I pop open”) (uncertain)
Proto-Indo-Iranian:
- Avestan: aspərəzatā (“it was striving, exerting”) (imperfect tense)
- Sanskrit: स्पृहयति (spṛhayati, “it is eager, zealous”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*spring/kan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 470
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σπέρχομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[EDPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*spring/kan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 470

[2] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σπέρχομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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