Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/weǵ-

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/weǵ-

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/weǵʰ-

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

*weǵ-[1]

1. to be lively, awake
2. to be strong

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weǵ-

• *woǵ- (o-grade root present)
  • Proto-Germanic: *wakaną (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *wahtwō (see there for further descendants)
• *woǵ-éye- (causative)
  • Proto-Germanic: *wakjaną (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic: *wegeō
    • Latin: vegeō
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wāȷ́áyati (“impel”)
    • Indo-Aryan *wāȷ́áyati
      • Sanskrit: वाजयति (vājáyati)
• *weǵ-eh₁-(ye)- or *woǵ-eh₁-(ye)- (stative)
  • Proto-Germanic: *wakāną (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic: *wegēō
    • Latin: vigeō (see there for further descendants)
• *weǵ-dʰlis
  • Proto-Italic:
    • Latin: vigil (see there for further descendants)
• *wóǵos
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wā́ȷ́as (“strength, energy”)
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wā́ȷ́as
      • Sanskrit: वाज (vā́ja)
• *wóǵ-ros
  • Proto-Germanic: *wakraz (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wáȷ́ras (see there for further descendants)

References

1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN