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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵʰwer-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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

Alternative reconstructions
  • *ǵʰwḗr- ~ *ǵʰwér-[1]
  • *ǵʰweh₁r-[2][3]

Root

*ǵʰwer-

  1. wild
  2. wild animal

Derived terms
  • *ǵʰwḗr (< **ǵʰwér-s)
    • Hellenic: *kʷʰḗr (see there for further descendants)
  • *ǵʰwér-os
  • *ǵʰwér-ō (< **ǵʰwér-on-s)
    • Germanic: *berô (“bear”) (possibly)
  • *ǵʰwer-o-h₃kʷs
    • Italic: *ferōks
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Balto-Slavic: *źwēris
      • Latgalian: zviers
      • Latvian: zvērs
      • Lithuanian: žvėrìs
      • Old Prussian: swīrins
      • Slavic: *zvě̑rь (see there for further descendants)
    • Tocharian:
      • Tocharian A: śaru
      • Tocharian B: śerwe

References
  1. Ringe, Don (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic, Oxford University Press
  2. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
  3. Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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