Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/seykʷ-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

    Root

    *seykʷ-[1][2][3]

    1. to moisten
    2. to filter

    Alternative reconstructions

    Derived terms

    • *séykʷ-t ~ *sikʷ-ént (athematic root aorist)
      • Proto-Germanic: *sīhwaną (to filter) (from aorist subjunctive[5]) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
          • Sanskrit: असिचत् (ásicat) (thematized[1])
    • ? *seykʷ-éh₂-ti ~ *sikʷ-éh₂-ti ~ *soykʷ-éh₂-ti (*eh₂-stative)
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *seikā́ˀtei, *sikā́ˀtei, *saikā́ˀtei (to piss)
        • Proto-Slavic: *sikati, *sьcati (< *sьkati), *sěkati (to piss) (see there for further descendants)
    • *soykʷ-ís
    • Unsorted formations:
      • Sanskrit: सेक (séka, sprinkling)
      • Proto-Hellenic:
        • Ancient Greek: ἰκμάς (ikmás, wetness, moisture, secretion)

    Descendants

    • Proto-Indo-Iranian:

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 523
    2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sīhwan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 435-6
    3. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*haič”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 127-8
    4. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἰκμάς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 584
    5. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 107