Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ḱens-

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

Alternative forms

*ḱems- (possibly)

Etymology

Perhaps an old ingressive s-formation of *ḱem-.^[1]

Root

*ḱens-

to announce, to proclaim
to put in order

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱens- (16 c, 0 e)

*ḱéns-e-ti
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ćánsati
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *śánsati
    - Sanskrit: शंसति (śáṃsati)
  - Proto-Iranian: *cánhati (see there for further descendants)^[1]
*ḱens-éh₁-ye-ti
- Proto-Italic: *kensēō (< earlier *kensējō)
  - Latin: cēnseō^[2]
*ḱóns-mo-
- Proto-Hellenic: *kónsmos
  - Ancient Greek: κόσμος (kósmos)^[3]
*ḱómso- (possibly)
- Hellenic: [Term?]
  - Ancient Greek: κῶμος (kômos)

Unsorted formations

>? Proto-Albanian: *θēm-
- Albanian: them (or from *ḱeh₁s-^[4])
Proto-Germanic: *hazjaną

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Iranian:
- Proto-Indo-Aryan:
  - Sanskrit: शंस् (śaṃs)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*sanh”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 334-335
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 107
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 759-760
^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 318

[Cheung-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*sanh”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 334-335

[2] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 107

[3] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 759-760

[4] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 318

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