Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂eys-

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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

Alternative reconstructions

Root

*h₂eys-[2][3][4]

  1. to wish
  2. to request
  3. to search[5]

Derived terms

  • *h₂i-sḱé-ti (sḱe-present)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *īˀskāˀtei
    • Proto-Germanic: *iskaną
      • Proto-West Germanic: *aisk (see there for further descendants)
        • Proto-West Germanic: *aiskōn (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hišćáti (see there for further descendants)
  • *h₂is-tós
  • *h₂oys-éh₂
    • Proto-Germanic: *aizō (see there for further descendants)
  • Unsorted formations:

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  3. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  4. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  5. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “1. *h₂eys-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 260