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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

Root

*ḱeyp-

  1. to ridicule, mock, anger

Derived terms

Category Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱeyp- not found
  • *ḱoyp-éye-ti (causative)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *śaipeitei
      • Lithuanian: šaipýtis (“to ridicule, snarl at”)
  • *ḱoyp-ós
  • *ḱoyp-stis
    • Proto-Germanic: *haifstiz (“conflict”) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*haifsti-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 200: “*ḱoip-”
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