u̯en-

    u̯en-

    English meaning: to hit, wound

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schlagen, verwunden”

    Note: (: u̯ü-, similarly as gʷem- : gʷü- “go, come”)

    Material: Arm. vandem “destroy, smash”; Goth. wunds “verwundet”, O.H.G. Ger. O.S. O.E. wund, Subst. O.H.G. wunta, O.E. wund, O.Ice. and “wound” (*u̯n̥-tós, -tǘ), O.E. if ‘swelling, lump, growth” (originally probably ‘swelling, blister infolge eines Schlages”), Eng. wen, M.L.G. wene, Dan. dial. vann, væne (Proto-Gmc. *wanja); Welsh ym-wan “fight”, M.Welsh gweint “I durchbohrte”, 3. sg. gwant; gwân “punctio”, Corn. yth ym-wanas “percussit”, gwane “perforare”. Maybe Alb. (*wene) vara “wound” [rhotacism N > R]

    References: WP. I 212.