gʷhen-1

    gʷhen-1

    English meaning: to swell, abound

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schwellen, strotzen, Fũlle”

    Material: O.Ind. ü-haná- “tumescent, strotzend, luscious”, ghaná- “dense, thick”, m. “kompakte mass”; Pers. ü-gandan “anfũllen”, üganiš “full”; Arm. yogn “multum” (Prap. i + *o-gʷhon- or *o-gʷhno-, in prefix o- dem ar. ü- nächststehend); Gk. εὐθενής “rich, in fullness, wealth”, Hes. εὐθενέω “ flourish”, εὐθένεια “fullness, wealth, blũhender Zustand”, lengthened grade Ion. εὐθηνής “rich, in fullness, wealth”, Ion. Att. εὐθηνέω “ flourish, be in bloom, blossom and power “, εὐθηνία f. “fullness, wealth”; o-grade Πολυφόντης = Πολυκτήτης, Κλεοφόντης, etc., red.-grade φανᾶν θέλειν Hes., probably actually “horny, lustful sein”; Lith. ganà “ sufficient “, gane ́ti “genũgen”, gande ́ti “ sufficient have”, Ltv. gana “ sufficient “; O.C.S. gonějetъ, goněti “genũgen”, Denomin. from *gona = Lith. ganà; whether here Gk. ἄφενος, ἄφνος n. “plentiful Vorrat, richness “, ἀφνειός “begũtert” (φ and the Vokalvorschlag from the vokallosen form (α)φν- or *sm̥-gʷh(e)n-?), also παρ-θένος “virgin” (leibliche fullness, wealth?)?

    References: WP. I 679, WH. I 479; Trautmann 77 f.