Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃rewH-

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

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Root

*h₃rewH-

1. to roar, to howl, to shout

Derived terms

Category Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃rewH- not found

• *h₃rewH-yeti : *h₃ruH-yeti
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *rjauˀtei, *rūˀtei
    • Proto-Slavic: *řűti (“to roar”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *orūomai
    • Ancient Greek: ὠρύομαι (ōrúomai)
      • Greek: ωρύομαι (orýomai, “to howl”)

• *h₃rewH-k-yeti : *h₃ruH-k-yeti
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *rjauˀktei; *rūˀktei
    • Latvian: rûkt
    • Lithuanian: rū́kti
    • ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *ruka̋ti, *ryka̋ti
    • ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *ryčati (see there for further descendants)
  • Middle High German: ruohen (“to roar; to grunt; to make noise”).

• *h₃rewH-mos : *h₃ruH-mos ~ *h₃rewH-mōs : *h₃ruH-mōs
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *rjauˀmas m, *rjauˀmāˀ f; *rūˀmas m, *rūˀmāˀ f
    • Proto-Slavic: *řumъ m, *řuma f (“noise; crybaby”); *řymъ m, *řyma f (see there for further descendants)
  • ⇒ Proto-Balto-Slavic: *rjauˀmā́ˀtei; *rūˀmā́ˀtei
    • Lithuanian: riaumóti, riáumoti (“to scold, to shout, to roar”)
    • Proto-Slavic: *řumati (“to make a noise”); *rymati (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic: *roumōs
    • Latin: rūmor (“rumor”) (see there for further descendants)

• *h₃rowH-ós
  • Proto-Italic: *rawos
    • Latin: rāvis (“hoarseness”)
  • Sanskrit: रव (rava, “roaring, howling”)

Further reading

• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*h₃reu̯H-¹”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 306
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “*reu-, *rēu-, *rū̆-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 867