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]

to moisten
to filter

Alternative reconstructions

*seyk-^[4]

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
    - Sanskrit: सिञ्चति (siñcáti)
  - Proto-Iranian: *hinčáti
    - Avestan: 𐬵𐬌𐬧𐬗𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (hiṇcaⁱti)
*seykʷ-én-ih₂ ~ *seykʷ-n̥-yéh₂-s (“she who pours”)
- Sanskrit: सेचनी (secanī)
- Proto-Celtic:
  - → Latin: Sēquana
- Old Norse: Sigyn^[7]
*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 [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 523
^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*sīhwan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], 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)‎^[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 107
^ 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
^ 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

[LIV-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] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*sīhwan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, 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

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