*gwa-
*gwā-,也写作 *gwem-,原始印欧语根,意为“去,来”。
它构成或部分构成以下单词: acrobat; adiabatic; advent; adventitious; adventure; amphisbaena; anabasis; avenue; base(名词)“任何物体的底部”; basis; become; circumvent; come; contravene; convene; convenient; convent; conventicle; convention; coven; covenant; diabetes; ecbatic; event; eventual; hyperbaton; hypnobate; intervene; intervenient; intervention; invent; invention; inventory; juggernaut; katabatic; misadventure; parvenu; prevenient; prevent; provenance; provenience; revenant; revenue; souvenir; subvention; supervene; venire; venue; welcome。
它是以下单词的假设来源/其存在的证据由以下单词提供: gamati(梵语)“他走”, jamaiti(阿维斯塔语)“走”, kakmu(托卡拉语)“来”, gemu, gimti(立陶宛语)“出生”, bainein(希腊语)“走,步行”, venire(拉丁语)“来”, cuman(古英语)“来,接近”, kommen(德语), qiman(哥特语)。