ThisProto-Indo-European entry containsreconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directlyattested, but are hypothesized to have existed based oncomparative evidence.

*gʷʰedʰ-

1. torequest,pray,ask for

• *gʷʰédʰ-ye-ti(ye-present)
• *gʷʰḗdʰ-s-t ~ *gʷʰédʰ-s-n̥t(s-aorist)
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek:θέσσασθαι(théssasthai,“to pray for”)
• *gʷʰodʰ-éye-ti
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek:ποθέω(pothéō)
• *gʷʰ-ne-dʰ- ~ *gʷʰ-n̥-dʰ-(nasal-infix present)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic:*gend-
    • Lithuanian:pasigèsti(“to miss”) (1sg.pasigendù)
    • Proto-Slavic:*žę̄dàti,*žęďati (see there for further descendants)
• *gʷʰédʰ-ti-s ~ *gʷʰdʰ-téy-s
  • Proto-Celtic:*gʷeddis
    • Proto-Brythonic:
      • Welsh:gweddi
    • Old Irish:geiss(“curse, taboo”)
      • Irish:geis
• *gʷʰedʰ-eh₂
  • Proto-Germanic:*bedō(“request, plea”) (see there for further descendants)
• *gʷʰedʰ-yeh₂
  • Proto-Celtic:*gʷedyā
    • Old Irish:guide(“prayer”)
      • Irish:guí
      • Manx:gwee(“curse, imprecation”)
      • Scottish Gaelic:guidhe
• *gʷʰodʰ-os
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
    • Sanskrit:गाध(gādha,“desire, cupidity”)(only in glossaries)
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek:πόθος(póthos)

Unsorted formations

• Proto-Armenian:
  • Old Armenian:գոթի(gotʻi,“worship, sorcery”) (?)
• Proto-Balto-Slavic:*gedḗˀtei
  • Lithuanian:gedė́ti(“to mourn”) (1sg.gedžiù)
  • Proto-Slavic:*žęděti(with nasal from nasal-infix present) (see there for further descendants)
• Lithuanian:gedáuti(“to desire”)
• Proto-Hellenic:
  • Ancient Greek:ποθή(pothḗ)

• Pokorny, Julius (1959),Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag,page488
• Derksen, Rick (2008), “*žę̄dàti”, inEtymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill,→ISBN,page560
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001),Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag,→ISBN,page217

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