Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sweh₂gʰ-

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

*sweh₂gʰ-

1. to sound

Derived terms

• *suh₂gʰ-
  • Proto-Germanic: *swagilōną
    • Old Norse: svagla (“to splash”)
• *suh₂gʰ-os (possibly)
  • Proto-Germanic: *sūgaz
    • Old Norse: (arn)súgr (“rushing sound [of a flying eagle]”)
      • Icelandic: súgur (“rustling sound”)
• *sweh₂gʰ-éh₂
  • Proto-Hellenic: *swākʰā́
    • Ancient Greek: ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”), ᾱ̓χᾱ́ (ākhā́)
• *swéh₂gʰ-e-ti (root thematic present)
  • Proto-Germanic: *swōganą (“resound”)
• *swéh₂gʰ-is ~ *swh₂gʰ-éys
  • Proto-Germanic: *swōgiz (“sound”)
• *swe-súh₂gʰ-
  • Proto-Hellenic: *swiswákʰō
    • Ancient Greek: ἰάχω (iákhō, “to shout, scream”), ἰαχή (iakhḗ, “shout, scream”)

Unsorted formations

• Proto-Balto-Slavic:
  • Latvian: sūdzēt (“wail, lament; complain; litigate”)
  • Latvian: svadzēt, žvadzēt (“rattle, clink”)
  • Lithuanian: sugti (“howl, whimper, whine”)
  • Lithuanian: svagėti (“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
• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “S178. *swegnjan”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 333–334