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bhen-d-, qan-, nana (nena), sen-guh-, spen-g-, spen-d-, spin-
go- (ping-o-), sren-k- (further with initial n: 1. neu-, (s)ner-,
(s)nur-).
Roots designating: to strike, press, smash, push, thrust:
1. qen-, 2. qen-, ken-t-, qþen-, gen-, 2. guhen-, 3. dhen-, bhen-,
bhe(n)-g- (bheg-), 2. men-, men-th-, men-q-, (s)qén-, sten-g-.
Roots designating: curved, round, swollen, etc.:
2. an-k-, angu (h)i-, engu- (nguén), uan-q-, uan-g-, ixen-g-,
uen-gh-, 1. ken-k-, 3. ken-k-, kon-qho-, gen-gh-, sqen-g-,
gon-g-, dhen-gh-, pan-q-, (pan-g-), bhen-gh- (bhn-gh-),
len-q-, slen-q-, (slen-g-), suen-q-, suen-g-; an-s-á, 1. uen-dh-,
qan-tho-, kon-ám- (o-, á-), kuen-dh-rö-, gan-dh-, gen-eu-,
g(h)en-us, 1. guhen-, pan-dos, men-th-, mon-o-, srén-o-,
len-to-, 2. len-dh-, sqen-, 2. sten-.
Roots designating: to stretch:
ten-, tem-p-, tenú-s, 1. ten-q-, ten-gh-, ten-s-, 1. den-gh-, 2. dhen-.
All these roots number:
Emotional sounds ................ 6
Nature sounds ...................... 14
Gestural sounds:
to strike, press, etc............. 14
curved, round, etc.................37
to stretch ........................ 8
Total 79
We have already mentioned before that we have not treated
the IE. roots with initial n (they number 47 in Walde-Pokomy’s
dictionary, with addition of the 16 sn-roots, such as sná-, sné-,
sneiguh-, sneg- etc.), nor the roots with “abstracta” meanings,
as these have developed from roots with “concreta” meanings
and the study of these demands a specific examination. But
it is evident that they belong to the fourth stage in the develop-
ment of human speech and are of no great importance in trying
to solve the problem of the first attempts at speech. Of the
whole IE. material with n-roots we have the combinations: