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. to moisten
2. to filter

Derived terms

• *séykʷ-t ~ *sikʷ-ént (athematic root aorist)
  • Proto-Germanic: *sīhwaną (“to filter”) (see there for further descendants)
• 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”)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sinčáti (“to pour”)
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *sinćáti
      • Sanskrit: सिञ्चति (siñcáti)
    • Proto-Iranian: *hinčáti
      • Avestan: 𐬵𐬌𐬧𐬗𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (hiṇcaⁱti)
• *sik-méh₂-s
  • Proto-Hellenic: *hikmás
    • Ancient Greek: ἰκμάς (ikmás, “wetness, moisture, secretion”)
• *seykʷ-én-ih₂ ~ *seykʷ-n̥-yéh₂-s (“she who pours”)
  • Sanskrit: सेचनी (secanī)
  • Proto-Celtic:
    • → Latin: Sēquana
  • Old Norse: Sigyn
• Unsorted formations
  • Proto-Germanic: *saiwiz (“sea”)
  • Sanskrit: सेक (seka, “sprinkling”)