Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʷeyh₃-

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

*gʷeyh₃-

to live

Alternative reconstructions

*gʷyeh₃-^[1]^[2]

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷeyh₃- (53 c, 0 e)

*gʷéyh₃-ti ~ *gʷih₃-énti (athematic root present)
- Proto-Hellenic: *gʷéyomai (subj.)
  - Epic Greek: βείομαι (beíomai), βέομαι (béomai, future verb of βιόω (bióō))
*gʷoyh₃-éye-ti (causative)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *gájīˀtei
  - Proto-Slavic: *gojìti (see there for further descendants)
*gʷih₃-wó-s (“alive, living”) (whence possibly *gʷíh₃weti)
*gʷóyh₃-o-s
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *gajas
  - Proto-Slavic: *gȍjь (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian:
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan:
    - Sanskrit: गय (gáya)
  - Proto-Iranian:
    - Avestan: 𐬔𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀 (gaiia)
*gʷeyh₃-to-m
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *géiˀta (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Celtic: *beitom (see there for further descendants)
*gʷih₃-téh₂
- Proto-Italic: *gʷītā (see there for further descendants)
*gʷih₃-tis^[2]
- Proto-Balto-Slavic:
  - Proto-Slavic:
    - Old Church Slavonic: жить (žitĭ, “life”)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian:
  - Proto-Iranian:
    - Avestan: 𐬘𐬍𐬙𐬌 (jīti, “life”)
*gʷih₃-ró-s
- Proto-Indo-Iranian:
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan:
    - Sanskrit: जीर (jīrá, “quick”)
  - Proto-Iranian:
    - Avestan: 𐬘𐬌𐬭𐬀 (jira)

Unsorted formations

Proto-Albanian: *džita^[3]
- Albanian: nxit, zit
Armenian:
- Old Armenian: կեամ (keam)^[4]
Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: ὑγιής (hugiḗs)
Italic:
- Latin: iūgis

References

^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*g^u̯i̯eh₃-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 215-216
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 185-189
^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “nxit”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 303
^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 356

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

[LIV-1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*g^u̯i̯eh₃-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 215-216

[NIL-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 185-189

[3] Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “nxit”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 303

[4] Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 356

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