gʷedh-

    gʷedh-

    English meaning: to push, hit, harm

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘stoßen, verletzen, zerstören”

    Material: O.Ind. gandh- “bump, poke, prick, injure, destroy” (by Grammatikern), gandhá-ḥ m. ‘smell, odor, Duft”, Av. gantay- “ fetidness “, M.Pers. gand “ fetidness “, O.Pers. gasta- “eklig, unsavory, distasteful”, afgh. ɣandal “ disgust, repulsion, loathing feel”, Bal. gandag “evil, bad”. (Zur meaning development “bump, poke, prick” > ‘smell, odor” compare e.g. O.H.G. stinkan ‘smell, stink” against Goth. stigqan “zusammenstoßen” and Gk. κνίση “Fettdampf” compared with O.Ice. hnīta “bump, poke, prick”.) Gk. δέννος “ vituperation, Schande” (*gʷendhno-); after Kuiper Nasalpräs. 65 here φθόνος m. “ envy “ (present *φθένω from *gʷdh-en-); about M.H.G. quetsen, quetschen “hit, bump, poke, squeeze” s. Kluge s. v. quetschen; Lith. gendù, gésti “damage nehmen, spoil, zugrunde go”, gadinù, gadìnti ‘spoil, beschädigen, stören”, pagadas “ruin”, Ltv. ǵinstu, ǵint “zugrunde go”.

    References: WP. I 672 f., Benveniste BAL.-SLAV. 38, 143.