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  • ga "cow": from PIE base *gwou- "cow."
Cognates: cf. Skt. gaus, Middle Persian gāw, Greek bous, Latin bov- "cow."
English Cognate: cow, butter (from Latin), buffalo (from Latin)
Source: Etymonline, Nişanyan, Watkins p.35


  • gam "step": from PIE base *gwem- "to go, come."
Cognates: cf. Avestan jamaiti "goes," Sanskrit gamati "he goes," Tocharian kakmu "come," Lith. gemu "to be born," Greek bainein "to go, walk, step," Latin venire "to come." (see also "ame" entry.)
English Cognate: come, welcome, venue (from Latin), avenue (from Latin), circumvent (from Latin), convene (from Latin), convenient (from Latin), event (from Latin), revenue (from Latin), base (from Greek), basis (from Greek)
Not: Related to the word "ame."
Source: Etymonline, Cheung p.100, Watkins p.33


  • gan, gun "live": from PIE base *ane- "to blow, to breathe."
Cognates: cf. Avestan viiānayā "spritness," Parthian gy'n, Middle Persian gy'n "soul," Sanskrit aniti "breathes," Latin anima "living being, soul, mind, disposition, passion, courage, anger, spirit, feeling," Greek anemos "wind," Old Irish anal, Welsh anadl "breath," Ols Irish animm "soul," Gothic uzanan "to exhale," Old Norsk anda "to breathe," Old English eðian "to breathe," Armenian anjn "soul."
English Cognate: animate (fom Latin), animal (from Latin), animus (from Latin), animosity (from Latin)
Source: Etymonline, Cheung p.161, Watkins p.4


  • germ "hot": from PIE base *gwherm "warm."
Cognates: cf. Avestan garəma- "warm," Old Persian Garmapada- (name of the fourth month, corresponding to June/July, from garma- "heat;") Sanskrit gharmah "heat;" Armenian jerm "warm;" Greek thermos "warm;" Latin formus "warm," fornax "oven;" Old Irish fogeir "heated;" Hittite war- "to burn" Old High German, German warm, Old Norsk varmr, Gothic warmjan "to warm."
English Cognate: warm, burn, thermos (from Greek), thermometer (from Greek), thermal (from Greek), furnace (from Latin), fornicate (from Latin)
Source: Etymonline, Nişanyan, Watkins p.35


  • gıran, gırun "heavy": from PIE base *gru- "heavy."
Cognates: cf. Sanskrit guruh "heavy, weighty;" Greek baros "weight," barys "heavy;" Gothic kaurus "heavy"
English Cognate: grave (from Latin), gravity (from Latin), grief (from Latin), aggravate (from Latin), brut (from Latin), brute (from Latin), Brutus (from Latin), barium (from Greek), barometer (from Greek), guru (from Sanskrit)
Source: Etymonline, Watkins p.34


  • gırıyayış "boil": from PIE base *gwhorm-/*gwherm "warm."
Please see the germ entry.
Source: Cheung p.105


  • goş, gueş "ear": from PIE base *aus- "ear."
Cognates: cf. Avestan usi "the two ears" Greek aus, Latin auris, Lithuanian ausis, Russian uši, Gothic auso, Old Irish au "ear,"
English Cognate: ear, aural (from Latin)
Source: Etymonline, Watkins p.61


  • grewt, grot "to seize, to buy": from PIE base *gherebh- "to seize."
Cognates: cf. Avestan grab- "to grab, seize, take," Old Persian grab- "seize" as possession or prisoner, Sanskrit grbhnati "seizes," Lithuanian grebiu "to rake," Gothic greipan, Old Norsk gripa "grab.")
English Cognate: grab
Source: Etymonline, Cheung p.120, Watkins p.31


Çavkanî
  • Cheung, Johnny. Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb. Boston: Brill. 2007.
  • Etymonline. Online English Etymology Dictionary. <etymonline.com> by Douglas Harper.
  • Fortson, Benjamin W. Indo-European Language and Culture. Blackwell Publishing. 2004.
  • Nisanyan, Sevan. Etymological Dictionary of Modern Turkish. Adam Y. Istanbul 2007.
  • Watkins, Calvert. The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots. Second Ed. Houghton Publishing. USA 2007.