Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/weyk-

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 edit

Etymology edit

Extension of *wey- (to separate).

Root edit

*weyk-

  1. to separate, to choose

Derived terms edit

  • *wi-né-k-ti ~ wi-n-k-énti
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
  • *wik-néh₂-ti
    • Proto-Germanic: *wikkōną (to practice sorcery) (see there for further descendants)
  • *weyk-o-s
    • Proto-Germanic: *wīhaz (sacred) (see there for further descendants)
  • *wéyk-o-m
    • Proto-Germanic: *wīhą (sanctuary) (see there for further descendants)
  • *wik-tm̥mó-
    • Proto-Italic:
      • Latin: victima (see there for further descendants)

Further reading edit

Root edit

*weyk- (perfective)

  1. to contain, to envelop
  2. to overcome

Derived terms edit

  • *wik-é-ti (zero-grade thematic root present)
    • Proto-Celtic: *wiketi (to fight) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *wiganą (see there for further descendants)
  • *wi-né-k-ti ~ *wi-n-k-énti (nasal-infix present)
  • *wi-wéyk-ti ~ *wi-wik-énti (reduplicated athematic present)
  • *wéyk-ye-ti (ye-present)
  • *wéyk-tōr ~ *wik-tr-és
  • *wóyk-os
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *wáikas
      • Lithuanian: viẽkas
      • Proto-Slavic: *věkъ (age) (see there for further descendants)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Balto-Slavic:

Further reading edit

Root edit

*weyk-

  1. to become equal

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

Root edit

*weyk-

  1. to curve, bend
  2. to exchange

Alternative reconstructions edit

Derived terms edit

  • *weyk-e-ti (root present)
  • *wi-né-k- ~ *wi-n-k- (nasal-infix present)
  • *wik-i-s
    • Proto-Italic: *wikis
      • Latin: vicis (see there for further descendants)
    • *weyk-i-eh₂
      • Proto-Italic: *wikiā
        • >? Latin: vicia (vetch) (see there for further descendants)
  • wéyk-s (root noun)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Proto-Albanian: *uig-[1]
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wíkti
      • Proto-Iranian: *wíxti
        • Avestan: 𐬬𐬌𐬘 (vij, to shake)
        • Middle Persian:[script needed] (wyc- /⁠wēz-⁠/, to swing, fling, sprinkle)
        • > Proto-Iranian: *ṷi-wíxti:
          • Middle Persian: [script needed] (whyc /⁠wihēz⁠/, to move, progress), [script needed] (whyck' /⁠wihēzag⁠/, intercalary month)
            • Persian: بهیزه (behize, intercalary month in the Zoroastrian calendar)
        • Sodgian:
          Christian Sogdian: ܘܝܨ (wyc /⁠wēč⁠/, to move, shake)
          Buddhaist Sogdian: 𐼴𐼷𐼿 (wyc /⁠wēč⁠/, to move, shake)
        • Persian:بیختن (bixtan, to shake) , آویختن (âvixtan, to hang, suspend)
        • Baluchi:گتک (gētk, to put, swim, turn towards, abort)
        • Zazaki: vijyanyış (vīžyāyiš, to come out, appear)
    • Proto-Germanic: *wihslaz
    • Proto-Germanic: *wīkwaną

Further reading edit

  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) “vig”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 418