Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)ḱeh₁y-

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 reconstructions

• *ḱey-
• *(s)ḱeHy-

Root

*(s)ḱeh₁y-

1. to shine, shimmer

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)ḱeh₁y- (4 c, 0 e)

• *(s)ḱih₁-éh₁-(ye)-ti (eh₁(ye)-stative)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *śī́ˀjēˀtei
    • Proto-Slavic: *sijati (“to shine”) (see there for further descendants)

• *(s)ḱi-né-h₁-ti ~ *(s)ḱi-n-h₁-énti (nasal-infix)
  • Proto-Germanic: *skīnaną (“to shine, appear”) (see there for further descendants)

• *(s)ḱéh₁i-mō ~ *(s)ḱih₁-m̥né-s
  • Proto-Germanic: *skīmô (see there for further descendants)

• >? *(s)ḱóh₁y-no- (alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to lay”))
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *śéinas m, *śáinan n
    • Latvian: sìens m (“hay”)
    • Lithuanian: šiẽnas m (“hay”)
    • Proto-Slavic: *sěno n (“hay”) (see there for further descendants)
  • >? Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: κοινά f (koiná, “epithet for pasture”) (possibly, alternatively from Ancient Greek κοινός (koinós, “common”))

*(s)ḱeh₁i-r-

• *(s)ḱóh₁ir-i-s ~ *(s)ḱéh₁ir-i-s
  • Proto-Germanic: *skairiz (“pure, shining”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *skīriz (“clear, sheer”) (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *skīrijaną (“to clarify”) (see there for further descendants)