Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sek-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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-EuropeanEdit

Alternative reconstructionsEdit

• *sekH-
• *sekh₁-
• *sekh₂-

RootEdit

*sek-

1. to cut, cut off, sever

Derived termsEdit

► Terms derived from the PIE root *sek-

• *sḗk-ti ~ *sék-n̥ti (root present)
  • Balto-Slavic: *sektei
    • Slavic: *sěťi (“to cut”) (see there for further descendants)
• *sek-eh₂-yé-ti or *sek-h₁-yé-ti
  • Italic: *sekajō
    • Latin: secō (see there for further descendants)
• *skéy-ti (*éy-present) (see there for further descendants)
• *sék-no-m
  • Italic: *seknom
    • Latin: signum (see there for further descendants)
• Indo-European: *sēk-teh₂-}
  • Albanian: shat (“hoe, mattock”)
• *sék-tleh₂
  • Italic: [Term?]
    • Latin: secula (see there for further descendants)
• *sek-ūr-
  • Balto-Slavic: [Term?]
    • Slavic: *sekyra (“axe”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Italic: [Term?]
    • Latin: secūris (see there for further descendants)
• *sek-yeh₂-
  • Celtic: *seket-
    • Middle Irish: seiche (“skin, hide”)
• *sek-yó-m
  • Germanic: *segją (“hard skin”)
    • Old Norse: sigg (see there for further descendants)
• *sok-éh₂
  • Germanic: *sagō (see there for further descendants)
• *h₁en-sek-
  • Celtic: *ensek-
    • Middle Irish: eiscid (“cuts off”)

*sek-s-

• *séks-keh₂
  • Celtic: *sexskā, *sexskis (“rushes, sedge”)
    • Brythonic: [Term?]
      • Middle Breton: hesk
        • Breton: hesq
      • Cornish: heschen, hesc
      • Middle Welsh: hescenn
    • Middle Irish: seise
• *séks-o-s
  • Italic: *seksos
    • Latin: sexus (see there for further descendants)
• *soks-ó-m
  • Germanic: *sahsą (see there for further descendants)
  • Italic: *saxom
    • Latin: saxum

Unsorted formations

• Latin: sacēna
  • → Old Irish: scían
• (possibly) Germanic: *seglą (see there for further descendants)

ReferencesEdit