User:Victar/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-gʰḗn

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This 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[edit]

Suffix[edit]

*-gʰḗn

  1. Forms nouns denoting a body part

Derived terms[edit]

  • *gʷreh₃-gʰḗn ~ *gʷr̥h₃-gʰn-és (throat, neck) (< earlier *gʷerh₃-gʰ- *gʷerh₃- (to devour))
    • Proto-Celtic: *brāgants (+ *-ants) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *kragą
  • *h₂enh₁-gʰḗn ~ *h₂n̥h₁-gʰn-és (lung) (< *h₂enh₁- (to breath))
    • Proto-Germanic: *lungô (unetymological *l?)

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