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单词 Indo-European root: gwhen-
释义
‌‌gwhen-
To strike, kill.
Derivatives include bane, fence, and offend.
  1. O-grade form *gwhon‑.
    1. bane, from Old English bana, slayer, cause of ruin or destruction;
    2. autobahn, from Middle High German ban, bane, way, road (< "strike" in a technical sense like "swath"). Both a and b from Germanic suffixed form *ban-ōn‑.
  2. Suffixed zero-grade form *gwhn̥-tyā‑.
    1. gun, from Old Norse gunnr, war;
    2. gonfalon, from Italian gonfalone, standard, from Germanic compound *gund-fanōn‑, "battle flag" (*fanōn‑, flag; see pan-). Both a and b from Germanic *gundjō, war, battle.
  3. Suffixed form *gwhen-do‑.
    1. defend, defense, fence, fend, from Latin dēfendere, to ward off (dē‑, away; see de-);
    2. offend, offense, from Latin offendere, to strike against, be offensive, offend (ob‑, against; see epi).
  4. Suffixed zero-grade form *gwhn̥-tro‑. bezoar, from Persian zahr, poison, from Old Iranian *jathra‑.
  5. Full-grade form *gwhen‑. bonze, kalanchoe, sangha, from Sanskrit hanti, he strikes.
[Pokorny 2. ghen-(ə)‑ 491, bhen‑ 126.]
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