Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/weyg-

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

*h₃weyg-^[1]

Etymology

Pokorny suggests an extension of *weh₁y- (“to twist, weave”).

Root

*weyg-^[2]^[3]

to bend, wind, turn
Alternative form of *weyk-

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyg- (6 c, 0 e)

*wig-é-tor (present)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wiǰátay
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wiȷ́átay
    - Sanskrit: विजते (vijáte)
*we-wóyg-e (perfect)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wiwiǰe
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wiwiȷ́e
    - Sanskrit: विविजे (vivije)
*woyg-éye-ti (causative)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wayǰáyati
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wayȷ́áyati
    - Sanskrit: वेजयति (vejáyati)
  - Northern Kurdish: avêtin (“to throw”)
  - Central Kurdish: هاویشتن (hawîştin, “to throw”)
  - Southern Kurdish: ئۆیشتن (oyiştin)
*wóyg-os
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wáygas
  - Proto-Indo-European: *wáygas
    - Sanskrit: वेग (vega)
- Ancient Greek: οἴγω (oígō) (< *h₃wóyg-os)
Unsorted formations:
- Proto-Germanic: *wikǭ

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “οἴγω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1052-3
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1130
^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 667

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “οἴγω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1052-3

[2] Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1130

[3] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 667

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