ghē-

To release, let go; (in the middle voice) to be released, go. Oldest form *g̑heə₁-, contracted to *g̑hē- in satem languages and *ghē- in centum languages.

Derivatives include heir and gait.

1. go; ago, forego¹, forgo, from Old English gān, to go, from Germanic variant form *gaian.

2. Suffixed form *ghē-ro-. heir, hereditament, heredity, heritage; inherit, from Latin hērēs, heir (? < “orphan” < “bereft”).

3. Possibly suffixed o-grade form *ghō-ro-, “empty space.”

a. -chore; anchorite, chorography, from Greek khōros, place, country, particular spot;

b. choripetalous, from Greek khōris, khōri, apart, separate.

4. Possible suffixed zero-grade form *ghə-t(w)ā-.

a. gait, gate², from Old Norse gata, path, street;

b. gantlet¹, gauntlet², from Old Swedish gata, lane. Both a and b from Germanic *gatwōn-, a going.

5. Suffixed zero-grade form *ghə-no-. Hinayana, from Sanskrit hīna-, inferior, verbal adjective of jahāti, he leaves, lets go (< reduplicated *ghe-ghē-ti, *ghe-gheə-ti).

 

[Pokorny 1. g̑hē- 418.]

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