Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵʰeh₂-

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

*ǵʰeh₂-[1]

to yawn, gape.

Derived terms

Category Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰeh₂- not found

*ǵʰh₂-sḱéti ~ ǵʰh₂-sḱónti
- Ancient Greek: χάσκω (kháskō)
*ǵʰh₂ey-
- *ǵʰh₂óyu
  - Proto-Tocharian: *koy (“mouth”)[2]
    - Tocharian A: koy-
    - Tocharian B: koyn
*ɡ́ʰéh₂-os ~ ɡʰéh₂-es-os
- Ancient Greek: χάος (kháos)
ɡ́eh₂-w-
*ɡ́ʰéh₂w-mō ~ ɡ́ʰh₂w-m̥nés
- Proto-Germanic: *gōmô (see there for further descendants)
Unsorted formations:
- →? Old Georgian: გემოჲ (gemoy, “palate, taste”) (or from Ancient Greek) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Tocharian:
  - Tocharian B: kāyā (“to open wide, gape”)

References

Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1614
Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “koyn”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 216-217

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[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1614

[2] Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “koyn”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 216-217