Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/seykʷ-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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)
  • Germanic: *sīhwaną (“to filter”) (see there for further descendants)
• *sikʷ-éh₁-ti ~ *sikʷ-éh₁-n̥ti (“*eh₁-stative”)
  • Slavic: *sьcati (“to piss”) (see there for further descendants)
• *si-né-kʷ-ti ~ *si-n-kʷ-énti (nasal-infix present)
  • Anatolian: [Term?]
    • Hittite: [Term?] (/ḫinikttari/, “wet, pour, deluge”)
  • Indo-Iranian: *sinčáti (“to pour”)
    • Indo-Aryan: *sinćáti
      • Sanskrit: सिञ्चति (siñcáti)
    • Iranian: *hinčáti
      • Avestan: 𐬵𐬌𐬧𐬗𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌‎ (hiṇcaiti)
• *h₁ik-méh₂-s
  • Hellenic: *hikmás
    • Ancient Greek: ἰκμάς (ikmás, “wetness, moisture, secretion”)