英语词汇“Indo-European root: wē-”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

Indo-European root: wē-

释义

‌‌wē-
To blow. Oldest form *h₂weh₁‑, becoming *wē after loss of initial laryngeal and compensatory lengthening of vowel from loss of final laryngeal.

Suffixed shortened form *we-dhro‑. weather, from Old English weder, weather, storm, wind, from Germanic *wedram wind, weather.
Suffixed (participial) form *wē-nt-o‑, blowing.
1. 1. wind¹, from Old English wind, wind;
  2. window, from Old Norse vindr, wind. Both (i) and (ii) from Germanic *windaz.
2. vent¹, ventail, ventilate; aventail, from Latin ventus, wind.
wing, from Middle English wenge, wing, from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse vængr, wing, from suffixed Germanic form *wē-ingjaz.
Basic form *wē‑. nirvana, from Sanskrit vāti (stem *vā‑), it blows.

[Pokorny 10. au̯(e)‑ 81.]

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