Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂weg-

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

*h₂weg-

1. to increase, to enlarge

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂weg- (22 c, 0 e)

• *h₂ewg- (reanalysed form of the same root)
• *h₂wég-se-ti (se-present)
  • Proto-Germanic: *wahsijaną (intensive from root reanalysed as *h₂wegs-)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *awéksō
    • Ancient Greek: ἀέξω (aéxō), αὐξάνω (auxánō), αὔξω (aúxō)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hwakšáyati
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hwakṣáyati
      • Sanskrit: वक्षयति (vakṣáyati) (intensive from root reanalysed as *h₂wegs-)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hwaxšáyati
      • Persian: وخشیدن (vaxšidan)
• *h₂wég-s-es ~ *h₂wég-s-os- (“breast, chest”)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hwákšas
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hwákṣas
      • Sanskrit: वक्षस् (vákṣas)
        • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀘𑁆𑀙 (vaccha), 𑀯𑀓𑁆𑀔 (vakkha)
• *h₂weg-s-tu-s
  • Proto-Germanic: *wahstuz (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted formations:
  • (possibly) Proto-Celtic: *wegrom (“grass, hay”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *wōkraz (“increase, gain, yield”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Slavic: *ovoťe (“fruit”) (see there for further descendants)