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Appendix I

Indo-European Roots

ENTRY:	gu-
DEFINITION:	To rejoice; also to have religious fear or awe. Oldest form ge₂u-,* colored to ga₂u-,* contracted to gau- (before consonants) and gw- (before vowels). 1. Suffixed extended form gw-idh--. gaud, gaudy¹, gaudy², joy; enjoy, rejoice, from Latin gaudre,* to rejoice. 2. Form (with nasal infix) g-n-u-. ganoid, from Greek ganusthai,* to rejoice. (Pokorny gu- 353.)


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