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)
    • *si-né-kʷ-ti ~ *si-n-kʷ-énti (nasal-infix present)
      • >? Proto-Anatolian:
        • Hittite: [Term?] (/⁠ḫinikttari⁠/, wet, pour, deluge) (link to *seykʷ- rejected by Kloekhorst[6])
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sinčáti (to pour) (thematized from weak stem)
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *sinćáti
        • Proto-Iranian: *hinčáti
          • Avestan: 𐬵𐬌𐬧𐬗𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (hiṇcaiti)
    • *seykʷ-én-ih₂ ~ *seykʷ-n̥-yéh₂-s (she who pours)
      • Sanskrit: सेचनी (secanī)
      • >? Proto-Celtic:
      • >? Old Norse: Sigyn[7]
    • *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
    6. ^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “ḫinik-tta(ri)”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 344-5
    7. ^ Ginevra, Ricardo (2018), Old Norse Sígyn (*sei̯ku̯-n̥-i̯éh2- ‘she of the pouring’), Vedic °sécanī- ‘pouring’, Celtic Sēquana and PIE *sei̯ku̯- ‘pour’. Proceedings of the 29th Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference.[3], Bremen: Hempen Verlag, →ISBN, pages 65-76