Reconstruction talk:Proto-Indo-European/seh₂k-

Latin sācer and sacer

I see that this page lists as derivatives both Latin sācer, with a long ā, and sacer. Does there really exist a Latin adjective, or variant, sācer, sācra, sācrum, meaning the same thing as sacer, sacra, sacrum? The Lewis and Short Latin dictionary seems to give it only with a short a. --Caoimhin (talk) 16:28, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

@Caoimhin: Yes, indeed! According to de Vaan's Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic languages on p. 532:

sacer 'sacred, votive, holy' [adj. o/ā] (VOLat.+: Forum cippus sakros 'sacer')

Derivatives: [...] (2) sācer, -cris 'worthy to be sacrificed' [sācrem Cato, sācres P[l]., Varro]; [...]

PIt. *sakro- 'sacred'; *sakrāje- 'to dedicate, sacrifice'; *sakrāsio- 'dedicatory'; *sākri- [adj.] 'worthy to be sacrificed; sacrificial animal'; *sa-n-k-je-, sa-n-k-to- 'to sanctify, solemnly dedicate'. [...]

PIE *sh₂k-ro- 'sacred', *seh₂k-r-i-, *sh₂-n-k- 'to make sacred, sanctify'. [...]

I've corrected the relevant entry accordingly. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 17:18, 21 July 2021 (UTC)

Aren't there other Hittite cognates? Like sankunni- 'priest'?2601:448:C300:EA60:2983:9C31:CA7C:C774 18:51, 21 December 2021 (UTC)2601:448:C300:EA60:2983:9C31:CA7C:C774 17:03, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

I was thinking the same thing. And what about the Akkadian words of similar form and meaning?Johundhar (talk) 03:37, 26 June 2022 (UTC)

Aslo, that is not Hittite cuneiform.Johundhar (talk) 10:32, 26 June 2022 (UTC)