Comparative evidence

gʷʰen

• OInd. han- 'smite' (Whitney 1885: 202); 'strike', 'beat' (also a drum), 'pound', 'hammer'; 'slay', 'hit', 'kill', 'mar', 'destroy'; 'put to death', 'cause to be executed'; 'strike off'; 'ward off', 'avert'; 'hurt', 'wound' (the heart); 'hurl' (a dart); 'touch', 'come into contact'; 'obstruct', 'hinder'; 'repress', 'give up', 'abandon' (anger, sorrow); 'go', 'move' (MW: 1287)

References

MW = Monier-Williams, M. 1899. A Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Clarendon Press.
Whitney 1885 = Whitney W. D. 1885. The roots, verb forms and primary derivatives of the Sanskrit language. A supplement to his Sanskrit grammar. Leipzig.