Reconstruction talk:Proto-Indo-European/gʷʰen-

Over-technical

Please could somebody knowledgeable add an introductory paragraph, for us lay readers?

It'd be nice to learn of the significance of the constituents in *gʷʰen-.

E.g. what do these mean:

• *
• g
• ʷʰ
• en
• -

Thanks, Trafford09 (talk) 12:25, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

@Trafford09: This specific article isn't the place for an introduction to how symbols are used to represent the reconstructed sounds of Proto-Indo-European. The asterisk is a conventional symbol used to indicate that a form is reconstructed, not attested. The hyphen is used to indicate that this is a root, not a complete word. For the other symbols, see Wiktionary:About Proto-Indo-European, w:Proto-Indo-European language, and w:Proto-Indo-European phonology. —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 13:12, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

Ok - thx for the pointers. Trafford09 (talk) 16:30, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

Sanskrit जघान (jaghā́na)

@JohnC5, CodeCat, Angr: The expected outcome in PII for the perfect form would be PIE *gʷʰe-gʷʰón-e > pre-PII **gʰʲegʰā́na > PII **ǰʰagʰā́na > Sanskrit **haghā́na, but instead we see जघान (jaghā́na). It's as if the PIE form is *g⁽ʷ⁾e-gʷʰón-e. Why do you think that is? --Victar (talk) 03:04, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

@Victar: Grassmann's Law accounts for this. —JohnC5 04:11, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

@JohnC5: Learn something every day. Thanks! --Victar (talk) 04:28, 24 August 2017 (UTC)