"gʷʰedʰ-" meaning in Proto-Indo-European

See gʷʰedʰ- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Root

  1. to request, pray, ask for Tags: morpheme, reconstruction
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "unknown",
      "lang_code": "ine-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "derived"
      ],
      "word": "*gʷʰédʰ-ye-ti"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Ancient Greek",
              "lang_code": "grc",
              "roman": "théssasthai",
              "sense": "to pray for",
              "word": "θέσσασθαι"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Proto-Hellenic",
          "lang_code": "grk-pro"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "unknown",
      "lang_code": "ine-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "derived"
      ],
      "word": "*gʷʰḗdʰ-s-t ~ *gʷʰédʰ-s-n̥t"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Ancient Greek",
              "lang_code": "grc",
              "roman": "pothéō",
              "word": "ποθέω"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Proto-Hellenic",
          "lang_code": "grk-pro"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "unknown",
      "lang_code": "ine-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "derived"
      ],
      "word": "*gʷʰodʰ-éye-ti"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Lithuanian",
              "lang_code": "lt",
              "sense": "to miss",
              "word": "pasigèsti"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Lithuanian",
              "lang_code": "lt",
              "word": "pasigendù"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Proto-Slavic",
              "lang_code": "sla-pro",
              "word": "*žę̄dàti"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Proto-Slavic",
              "lang_code": "sla-pro",
              "word": "*žęďati"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Proto-Balto-Slavic",
          "lang_code": "ine-bsl-pro",
          "word": "*gend-"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "unknown",
      "lang_code": "ine-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "derived"
      ],
      "word": "*gʷʰ-ne-dʰ- ~ *gʷʰ-n̥-dʰ-"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "Welsh",
                  "lang_code": "cy",
                  "word": "gweddi"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Proto-Brythonic",
              "lang_code": "cel-bry-pro"
            },
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "Irish",
                  "lang_code": "ga",
                  "word": "geis"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Old Irish",
              "lang_code": "sga",
              "sense": "curse, taboo",
              "word": "geiss"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Proto-Celtic",
          "lang_code": "cel-pro",
          "word": "*gʷeddis"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "unknown",
      "lang_code": "ine-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "derived"
      ],
      "word": "*gʷʰédʰ-ti-s ~ *gʷʰdʰ-téy-s"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
          "lang_code": "gem-pro",
          "sense": "request, plea",
          "word": "*bedō"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "unknown",
      "lang_code": "ine-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "derived"
      ],
      "word": "*gʷʰedʰ-eh₂"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "Irish",
                  "lang_code": "ga",
                  "word": "guí"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Manx",
                  "lang_code": "gv",
                  "sense": "curse, imprecation",
                  "word": "gwee"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
                  "lang_code": "gd",
                  "word": "guidhe"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Old Irish",
              "lang_code": "sga",
              "sense": "prayer",
              "word": "guide"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Proto-Celtic",
          "lang_code": "cel-pro",
          "word": "*gʷedyā"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "unknown",
      "lang_code": "ine-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "derived"
      ],
      "word": "*gʷʰedʰ-yeh₂"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Sanskrit",
              "lang_code": "sa",
              "roman": "gādha",
              "sense": "desire, cupidity",
              "word": "गाध"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Proto-Indo-Iranian",
          "lang_code": "iir-pro"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Ancient Greek",
              "lang_code": "grc",
              "roman": "póthos",
              "word": "πόθος"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Proto-Hellenic",
          "lang_code": "grk-pro"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "unknown",
      "lang_code": "ine-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "derived"
      ],
      "word": "*gʷʰodʰ-os"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Old Armenian",
          "lang_code": "xcl",
          "roman": "gotʻi",
          "sense": "worship, sorcery",
          "word": "գոթի"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Proto-Armenian",
      "lang_code": "hyx-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "derived"
      ]
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "lang_code": "lt",
          "sense": "to mourn",
          "word": "gedė́ti"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "lang_code": "lt",
          "word": "gedžiù"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Proto-Slavic",
          "lang_code": "sla-pro",
          "word": "*žęděti"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Proto-Balto-Slavic",
      "lang_code": "ine-bsl-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "derived"
      ],
      "word": "*gedḗˀtei"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "lang_code": "lt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "derived"
      ],
      "sense": "to desire",
      "word": "gedáuti"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "lang_code": "grc",
          "roman": "pothḗ",
          "word": "ποθή"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Proto-Hellenic",
      "lang_code": "grk-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "derived"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʷʰedʰ-",
  "pos": "root",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European CeC-shaped roots",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European roots",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to request, pray, ask for"
      ],
      "id": "en-gʷʰedʰ--ine-pro-root-pZYwPikM",
      "links": [
        [
          "request",
          "request"
        ],
        [
          "pray",
          "pray"
        ],
        [
          "ask",
          "ask"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gʷʰedʰ-"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "unknown",
      "lang_code": "ine-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "derived"
      ],
      "word": "*gʷʰédʰ-ye-ti"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Ancient Greek",
              "lang_code": "grc",
              "roman": "théssasthai",
              "sense": "to pray for",
              "word": "θέσσασθαι"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Proto-Hellenic",
          "lang_code": "grk-pro"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "unknown",
      "lang_code": "ine-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "derived"
      ],
      "word": "*gʷʰḗdʰ-s-t ~ *gʷʰédʰ-s-n̥t"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Ancient Greek",
              "lang_code": "grc",
              "roman": "pothéō",
              "word": "ποθέω"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Proto-Hellenic",
          "lang_code": "grk-pro"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "unknown",
      "lang_code": "ine-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "derived"
      ],
      "word": "*gʷʰodʰ-éye-ti"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Lithuanian",
              "lang_code": "lt",
              "sense": "to miss",
              "word": "pasigèsti"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Lithuanian",
              "lang_code": "lt",
              "word": "pasigendù"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Proto-Slavic",
              "lang_code": "sla-pro",
              "word": "*žę̄dàti"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Proto-Slavic",
              "lang_code": "sla-pro",
              "word": "*žęďati"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Proto-Balto-Slavic",
          "lang_code": "ine-bsl-pro",
          "word": "*gend-"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "unknown",
      "lang_code": "ine-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "derived"
      ],
      "word": "*gʷʰ-ne-dʰ- ~ *gʷʰ-n̥-dʰ-"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "Welsh",
                  "lang_code": "cy",
                  "word": "gweddi"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Proto-Brythonic",
              "lang_code": "cel-bry-pro"
            },
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "Irish",
                  "lang_code": "ga",
                  "word": "geis"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Old Irish",
              "lang_code": "sga",
              "sense": "curse, taboo",
              "word": "geiss"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Proto-Celtic",
          "lang_code": "cel-pro",
          "word": "*gʷeddis"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "unknown",
      "lang_code": "ine-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "derived"
      ],
      "word": "*gʷʰédʰ-ti-s ~ *gʷʰdʰ-téy-s"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
          "lang_code": "gem-pro",
          "sense": "request, plea",
          "word": "*bedō"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "unknown",
      "lang_code": "ine-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "derived"
      ],
      "word": "*gʷʰedʰ-eh₂"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "Irish",
                  "lang_code": "ga",
                  "word": "guí"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Manx",
                  "lang_code": "gv",
                  "sense": "curse, imprecation",
                  "word": "gwee"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
                  "lang_code": "gd",
                  "word": "guidhe"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Old Irish",
              "lang_code": "sga",
              "sense": "prayer",
              "word": "guide"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Proto-Celtic",
          "lang_code": "cel-pro",
          "word": "*gʷedyā"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "unknown",
      "lang_code": "ine-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "derived"
      ],
      "word": "*gʷʰedʰ-yeh₂"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Sanskrit",
              "lang_code": "sa",
              "roman": "gādha",
              "sense": "desire, cupidity",
              "word": "गाध"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Proto-Indo-Iranian",
          "lang_code": "iir-pro"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Ancient Greek",
              "lang_code": "grc",
              "roman": "póthos",
              "word": "πόθος"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Proto-Hellenic",
          "lang_code": "grk-pro"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "unknown",
      "lang_code": "ine-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "derived"
      ],
      "word": "*gʷʰodʰ-os"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Old Armenian",
          "lang_code": "xcl",
          "roman": "gotʻi",
          "sense": "worship, sorcery",
          "word": "գոթի"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Proto-Armenian",
      "lang_code": "hyx-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "derived"
      ]
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "lang_code": "lt",
          "sense": "to mourn",
          "word": "gedė́ti"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "lang_code": "lt",
          "word": "gedžiù"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Proto-Slavic",
          "lang_code": "sla-pro",
          "word": "*žęděti"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Proto-Balto-Slavic",
      "lang_code": "ine-bsl-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "derived"
      ],
      "word": "*gedḗˀtei"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "lang_code": "lt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "derived"
      ],
      "sense": "to desire",
      "word": "gedáuti"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "lang_code": "grc",
          "roman": "pothḗ",
          "word": "ποθή"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Proto-Hellenic",
      "lang_code": "grk-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "derived"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʷʰedʰ-",
  "pos": "root",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Indo-European CeC-shaped roots",
        "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Indo-European lemmas",
        "Proto-Indo-European roots"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to request, pray, ask for"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "request",
          "request"
        ],
        [
          "pray",
          "pray"
        ],
        [
          "ask",
          "ask"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gʷʰedʰ-"
}

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