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)

*wégʷ-s-ti ~ ugʷ-s-énti (desiderative)^[1]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian:
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan:
    - Sanskrit: उक्षति (ukṣáti, “to wet, moisten, sprinkle with water; to emit seed”)
*wogʷ-o-s^[2]^[3]^[4]
- Proto-Germanic: *wakwaz (see there for further descendants)
*ug-ró-s^[2]^[3]^[4]
- Proto-Hellenic: *ugrós
  - Ancient Greek: ὑγρός (hugrós)
*wogʷ-edʰo-s^[2]
- Proto-Italic:
  - Latin: ūvidus, ūdus^[3]
*wogʷ-mo-
- Proto-Italic:
  - Latin: ūmeō
>? *ugʷ-s-ḗn (“bull, ox”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*u̯eg^u̯-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 662
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Guus Kroonen (2013) “wakwa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 569
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 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
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 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

[LIV-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*u̯eg^u̯-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 662

[kroonen-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Guus Kroonen (2013) “wakwa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 569

[devaan-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 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

[beekes-4] 4.0 ^4.1 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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