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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gew-

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

Root

*gew-[1][2]

  1. to bend, curve
  2. arch, vault

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gew-
  • *gudóm (“intestines”)[2]
  • (perhaps) *gówr̥ (“curl”)[3]
    • ⇒ Proto-Indo-European: *gow-ro-s (“lock of hair”)[2]
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *gauras
        • Latvian: gauri pl (“pubes”)
        • Lithuanian: gauraĩ pl (“curls of hairs”)[4]
        • ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *guriti (“to hunch, to bow”) (possibly)
      • Proto-Germanic: [Term?]
        • Norwegian: kaure (“curly lock of hair”)
    • ⇒ Proto-Indo-European: *gow-no-s (“furry, shaggy”)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *gawnám (“fur”)
        • → Proto-Slavic: *guna, *guňa (“coat, rag”) (could also be native)
        • → Ancient Greek: γούνα (goúna, “coarse garment”)
  • *gu-r-nos (“back”)[2]
    • Old Armenian: կուռն (kuṙn) (possibly)
    • Balto-Slavic:
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Old Armenian: կոր (kor, “curved, crooked”)
    • Ancient Greek: γυρός (gurós, “round”)
      • Ancient Greek: γῦρος (gûros, “a circle, a ring”) (substantivized)
    • Balto-Slavic:
      • >? Proto-Slavic: *guja (“serpent”) (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959), “gēu-, gəu-, gū-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 393
  2. Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 383
  3. Adams, Douglas (1988), “The Indo-European Words for Hair: Reconstructing a Semantic”, in Journal of Indo-European Studies, page 72
  4. “gaurai”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  5. “gurnas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
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