Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʰeydʰ-

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

*gʰeydʰ-^[1]

to yearn for

Derived terms

*gʰeydʰ-lós
- Proto-Celtic: *geistlos (“hostage; bail”)^[2] (see there for further descendants)
*gʰeydʰ-yeti
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *géistei, *gístei^[3]
  - Lithuanian: geĩsti (“to desire”)
  - Latvian: gàidît (“to wait”)
  - Old Prussian: gēide, giēidi (“[they] wait”, 3rd pl.)
*gʰidʰ-éh₂yeti
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *gidā́ˀtei
  - Proto-Slavic: *žьdàti (“to wait; to expect”)^[4] (see there for further descendants)
*gʰeydʰ-ós
- Proto-Germanic: *gīdaz (“greed, desire”)^[5]
  - Proto-West Germanic: *gīd (“greed, avarice”) (see there for further descendants)
    - ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *gīdisōn (“to be greedy”) (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “*gheidh-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 426
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gēstlo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 159
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “geisti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 167
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žьdàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 565
^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “177”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “*gheidh-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 426

[2] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gēstlo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 159

[3] Derksen, Rick (2015) “geisti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 167

[4] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žьdàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 565

[5] Guus Kroonen (2013) “177”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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