Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sengʷ-

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

*sengʷ-^[1]

to sink
to fall
to drop

Derived terms

*séngʷ-t ~ *sn̥gʷ-ént (root aorist)^[2]
- Armenian:
  - Old Armenian: անկաւ (ankaw)
- Proto-Germanic: *sinkwaną (see there for further descendants)
*songʷ-éye-ti (*-éyeti causative)^[3]
- Armenian:
  - Old Armenian: ընկենում (ənkenum)
- Proto-Germanic: *sankwijaną (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sengʷ- (3 c, 0 e)

References

^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 531–532
^ Kim, Ronald (2019), “Old English Cyme and the Proto‐Indo‐European Aorist Optative in Germanic”, in Transactions of the Philological Society, volume 117, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 96–111
^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 280

[1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 531–532

[2] Kim, Ronald (2019), “Old English Cyme and the Proto‐Indo‐European Aorist Optative in Germanic”, in Transactions of the Philological Society, volume 117, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 96–111

[3] Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 280

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