Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʷʰedʰ-

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

*gʷʰedʰ-

  1. to request, pray, ask for

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷʰedʰ- (19 c, 0 e)
  • *gʷʰédʰ-ye-ti (ye-present)
  • *gʷʰḗdʰ-s-t ~ *gʷʰédʰ-s-n̥t (s-aorist)
    • Proto-Hellenic:
      • Ancient Greek: θέσσασθαι (théssasthai, to pray for)
  • *gʷʰodʰ-éye-ti
    • Proto-Hellenic:
  • *gʷʰ-ne-dʰ- ~ *gʷʰ-n̥-dʰ- (nasal-infix present)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *gend-
      • Lithuanian: pasigèsti (to miss) (1sg. pasigendù)
      • Proto-Slavic: *žę̄dàti, *žęďati (see there for further descendants)
  • *gʷʰédʰ-ti-s ~ *gʷʰdʰ-téy-s
    • Proto-Celtic: *gʷeddis
      • Proto-Brythonic:
      • Old Irish: geiss (curse, taboo)
  • *gʷʰedʰ-eh₂
    • Proto-Germanic: *bedō (request, plea) (see there for further descendants)
  • *gʷʰedʰ-yeh₂
    • Proto-Celtic: *gʷedyā
      • Old Irish: guide (prayer)
        • Irish: guí
        • Manx: gwee (curse, imprecation)
        • Scottish Gaelic: guidhe
  • *gʷʰodʰ-os
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
      • Sanskrit: गाध (gādha, desire, cupidity) (only in glossaries)
    • Proto-Hellenic:
Unsorted formations
  • Proto-Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: գոթի (gotʻi, worship, sorcery) (?)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *gedḗˀtei
    • Lithuanian: gedė́ti (to mourn) (1sg. gedžiù)
    • Proto-Slavic: *žęděti (with nasal from nasal-infix present) (see there for further descendants)
  • Lithuanian: gedáuti (to desire)
  • Proto-Hellenic:

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