Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/twerH-

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)twerH-

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

Root

*twerH-

1. to enclose, fence in
2. to grab, seize

Derived terms

• *turH-yé-ti (yé-present)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
    • Latvian: turēt (“to hold, keep”)
    • Lithuanian: turėti (“to have”)
• *twérH-ye-ti (ye-present)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
    • Latvian: tvert (“to grab, seize”)
    • Lithuanian: tvérti
• *tworH-éye-ti (causative-iterative)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *twárīˀtei
    • Latvian: tvarstīt (“to snap, to catch”)
    • Lithuanian: tvárstyti (“to bandage”)
    • Proto-Slavic: *tvorìti (“to make”) (see there for further descendants)
• *twōr (root noun)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
    • Lithuanian: tvora (“fence”)
    • Proto-Slavic: *tvarь (see there for further descendants)
• *tworH-o-s
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *twaras
    • Lithuanian: ap-tvaras (“fence”)
    • Proto-Slavic: *tvȏrъ (“creation, creature”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *tworós
    • Ancient Greek: σορός (sorós, “coffin, urn”)
• *twérH-ō ~ *turH-nés
  • >? Proto-Germanic: *þwerō; *þurraz
    • ⇒? Proto-West Germanic: *þurruk (“hold (of a ship)”) (see there for further descendants)
• *twerH-y-eh₂
  • Proto-Hellenic: *tseřřā́
    • Ancient Greek: σειρά (seirá), σειρή (seirḗ), σηρᾱ́ (sērā́)