gheu-

To pour, pour a libation. Oldest form *g̑heu-, becoming *gheu- in centum languages.

Derivatives include gut, funnel, fusion, and refund¹.

I. Extended form *gheud-.

1. Zero-grade form *ghud-. gut, from Old English guttas, intestines, from Germanic *gut-.

2. Nasalized zero-grade form *ghu-n-d-. foison, fondant, fondue, font², found², funnel, fuse², fusile, fusion; affusion, circumfuse, confound, confuse, diffuse, effuse, infuse, perfuse, profuse, refund, refuse¹, refuse², suffuse, transfuse, from Latin fundere, to melt, pour out.

II. Extended form *gheus-.

1.

a. gust¹, from Old Norse gustr, a cold blast of wind, from Germanic suffixed form *gustiz;

b. gush, from Middle English gushen, to gush, perhaps akin to Icelandic gusa, to gush. Both a and b from Germanic zero-grade form *gus-.

2. geyser, from Old Norse geysa, to gush, from Germanic suffixed o-grade form *gausjan.

3.

a. Suffixed zero-grade form *ghus-mo-. chyme; ecchymosis, from Greek khūmos, juice;

b. suffixed zero-grade form *ghus-lo-. chyle, from Greek khūlos, juice.

III. Suffixed form *gheu-ti-. futile, from Latin fūtilis, “(of a vessel) easily emptied, leaky,” hence untrustworthy, useless.

IV. Basic form *gheu-. choanocyte, parenchyma, from Greek khein, to pour, with o-grade noun khoanē, funnel.

 

[Pokorny g̑heu- 447.]

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