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-

to moisten
to filter

Alternative reconstructions

*seyk-

Derived terms

*séykʷ-t ~ *sikʷ-ént (athematic root aorist)
- Proto-Germanic: *sīhwaną (“to filter”) (from aorist subjunctive) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian:
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan:
    - Sanskrit: असिचत् (ásicat) (thematized)
? *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
- Proto-Germanic: *saiwiz (“sea”)
  - Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍃 (saiws)
Unsorted formations:
- Sanskrit: सेक (séka, “sprinkling”)
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: ἰκμάς (ikmás, “wetness, moisture, secretion”)

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Iranian:
- Proto-Indo-Aryan:
  - Sanskrit: सिच् (sic)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 523
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sīhwan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 435-6
^ 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
^ 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
^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 107

[LIV-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben (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)‎, 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)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 107