Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wréh₂ds

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

Noun

2=*wr̥h₂d-

*wréh₂ds f

1. root

Inflection

Descendants

• Proto-Albanian: *wradnjā (< *wr̥h₂dnyo-)
  • Albanian: rrënjë
• Armenian:
  • Middle Armenian: արգատ (argat, “superfluous branches cut off from vine and used for kindling”) (possibly)
• Celtic:
  • *wradyos < *wr̥h₂dyo-
    • Welsh: gwraidd
    • Cornish: gwreydh
    • Breton: gwriz
  • *wridmā < *wr̥d-m-
    • Old Irish: frém
      • Middle Irish: frém, prém
        • Irish: fréamh, préamh
        • Manx: fraue
        • Scottish Gaelic: freumh
    • Middle Welsh: greðyf
      • Welsh: greddf (“instinct”)
  • *wridnā < *wr̥d-n-
    • Old Irish: frén
• Proto-Germanic: *wirtiz, *wrōts (genitive *wurtiz)
• Hellenic:
  • Ancient Greek: ῥίζα (rhíza) (< *wredih₂-), ῥάδιξ (rhádix) "branch" (< *wreh₂dih₂-)
• Indo-Iranian:
  • Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬀 (raēša)
      • → Middle Persian: (rēšag)
        • Persian: ریشه (rêša)
    • Northern Kurdish: reh (“root”)
    • Zazaki: rêçıke, riçıke (“root”)
• Italic: *wrādīks
  • Latin: rādīx (see there for further descendants)
• Italic: *wradyos
  • Latin: radius (see there for further descendants)
• Italic: *wrādmos
  • Latin: rāmus (see there for further descendants)
• Tocharian:
  • Tocharian B: witsako (< *wr̥di-k-eh₂, with loss of -r-)