Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sperǵʰ-

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

Hackstein derives this from *h₁eǵʰs (“out”) +‎ *bʰerǵʰ- (“to go up”).

Root

*sperǵʰ-

1. to move rapidly, hurry

Alternative reconstructions

• *spreǵʰ-

Derived terms

• *sperǵʰ-e-ti (thematic present)
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: σπέρχω (spérkhō, “I hurry, move rapidly”)
• *spr̥-né-ǵʰ-ti ~ *spr̥-n-ǵʰ-énti (nasal-infix present)
  • ⇒ *spr-e-n-ǵʰ- ~ *(s)pr-e-n-gʰ- (see there for further descendants)

Unsorted formations

• Proto-Albanian:
  • Albanian: shpërthej (“I pop open”) (uncertain)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian:
  • Avestan: aspərəzatā (“it was striving, exerting”) (imperfect tense)
  • Sanskrit: स्पृहयति (spṛhayati, “it is eager, zealous”)