Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/weyk-

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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.
See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/weyḱ-

Proto-Indo-European[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Extension of *wey- (“to separate”).

Root[edit]

*weyk-

  1. to separate, to choose

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyk- (separate)
  • *weyk-o-s
    • Proto-Germanic: *wīhaz (“sacred”) (see there for further descendants)
  • *wik-néh₂-ti
    • Proto-Germanic: *wikkōną (“to practice sorcery”) (see there for further descendants)
  • *wéyk-om
    • Proto-Germanic: *wīhą (“sanctuary”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Unsorted formations:

Further reading[edit]

Root[edit]

*weyk- (perfective)

  1. to contain, to envelop
  2. to overcome

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyk- (contain)
  • *wik-é-ti (zero-grade thematic root present)
    • Proto-Celtic: *wiketi (“to fight”) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *wiganą (see there for further descendants)
  • *wi-né-k-ti ~ *wi-n-k-énti (nasal-infix present)
  • *wi-wéyk-ti ~ *wi-wik-énti (reduplicated athematic present)
  • *wéyk-ye-ti (ye-present)
  • *wéyk-tōr ~ *wik-tr-és
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Balto-Slavic:
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
      • Proto-Slavic: *věkъ (“age”) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading[edit]

Root[edit]

*weyk-

  1. to become equal

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyk- (become equal)

Further reading[edit]

Root[edit]

*weyk-

  1. to curve, bend
  2. to exchange

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyk- (curve)
  • *weyk-e-ti (root present)
  • *wi-né-k- ~ *wi-n-k- (nasal-infix present)
  • *wik-i-s
    • Proto-Italic: *wikis
      • Latin: vicis (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒ *weyk-i-eh₂
      • Proto-Italic: *wikiā
        • >? Latin: vicia (“vetch”) (see there for further descendants)
  • wéyk-s (root noun)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Proto-Albanian: *uig-[1]
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wíkti
      • Proto-Iranian: *wíxti
        • Avestan: 𐬬𐬌𐬘‎ (vij, “to shake”)
        • Middle Persian:[script needed] (wyc- /wēz-/, “to swing, fling, sprinkle”)
        • > Proto-Iranian: *ṷi-wíxti:
          • Middle Persian: [script needed] (whyc /wihēz/, “to move, progress”), [script needed] (whyck' /wihēzag/, “intercalary month”)
            • Persian: بهیزه‎ (behize, “intercalary month in the Zoroastrian calendar”)
        • Sodgian:
          Christian Sogdian: ܘܝܨ‎ (wyc /wēč/, “to move, shake”)
          Buddhaist Sogdian: 𐼴𐼷𐼿‎ (wyc /wēč/, “to move, shake”)
        • Persian:بیختن‎ (bixtan, “to shake”) , آویختن‎ (âvixtan, “to hang, suspend”)
        • Baluchi:گتک‎ (gētk, “to put, swim, turn towards, abort”)
        • Zazaki: vijyanyış (vīžyāyiš, “to come out, appear”)
    • Proto-Germanic: *wihslaz
    • Proto-Germanic: *wīkwaną

Further reading[edit]

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997), “vig”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 418
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