Reconstruction talk:Proto-Indo-European/weyh₁-

@Victar: are you sure about ἵεμαι (híemai)? I'm not aware of it being anything other than the passive voice of ἵημι (híēmi), which is said to come from *(H)yeh₁-. --Barytonesis (talk) 19:24, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

@Barytonesis I might be spelling it wrong, as the diacritics in my copy are blurry. Please see Beekes and Kloekhorst. --Victar (talk) 19:46, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

@Victar: may *wiHrós be referred to this root? -GuitarDudeness (talk) 20:02, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

The formation fits, but *-rós is in principle an adjectival suffix. So I wonder if the noun is actually a substantive adjective in origin. Alternatively, there could have been another *-rós suffix, one that created nouns. —CodeCat 20:09, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

Yeah, it's possible, though the cognate Tocharian A wir points to a youth, viral meaning. I've added it to the descendant tree, but perhaps there is a better method for that. --Victar (talk) 20:16, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

I think we might be dealing with a different root for *wiHrós (“man, warrior”), Tocharian A wir (“young, youthful”), Proto-Italic *wīs (“strength, force, power”) and Proto-Celtic: *wēnā (“troop, band of warriors”). --Victar (talk) 20:24, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

What says DeVaan? And what semantic explanation gives he for *wih₁eh₂ (“chase?”) becoming "road"? -GuitarDudeness (talk) 20:38, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

He only cites "WH [Walde-Hoffinann] and others", and reconstructs the root as *uih₁-eh₂- (“pursuit”). --Victar (talk) 00:20, 13 June 2017 (UTC)