Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃ekʷ-

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃ekʷ-

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

Root

*h₃ekʷ-

1. to see
2. eye

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃ekʷ-

• *h₃ékʷ-yeh₁-tor
  • Proto-Hellenic: *óťťomai
    • Ancient Greek: ὄσσομαι (óssomai)
• *h₃ékʷ-s-e-tor (s desiderative)?
  • Proto-Hellenic: *ókʷsomai
    • Ancient Greek: ὄψομαι (ópsomai)
• *h₃ókʷs
• *h₃ékʷ-ti-s ~ *h₃kʷ-téy-s
  • Proto-Hellenic: *ókʷtis
    • Ancient Greek: ὄψις f (ópsis)
      • Greek: όψη f (ópsi)
• *h₃ékʷ-mn̥ ~ *h₃kʷ-mén-s
  • Proto-Hellenic: *ókʷmə
    • Ancient Greek: ὄμμα n (ómma, “eye”)
• *h₃okʷ-éh₂
  • Proto-Hellenic: *okʷā́
    • Ancient Greek: ὀπή (opḗ, “sight; opening, hole”) (see there for further descendants)
• *h₃ekʷ-elo-s
  • Proto-Italic: *okʷelos (see there for further descendants)
• *h₂énti-h₃kʷ-o-s
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hanti(H)kás
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hanti(H)kás
      • Sanskrit: अन्तिक (antiká, “near, in the vicinity; nearness, proximity”)
  • Proto-Italic: *antīkʷos (see there for further descendants)
• *h₁éni-h₃kʷ-o-
  • Proto-Celtic: *enīkʷom
    • Brythonic:
      • Old Breton: enep
      • Old Cornish: eneb
      • Old Welsh: enep
        • Middle Welsh: wyneb
    • Primitive Irish: ᚔᚅᚓᚊᚐᚌᚂᚐᚄ (ineqaglas)
      • Old Irish: enech
        • Irish: oineach
  • Proto-Hellenic: *enōkʷā́
    • Ancient Greek: ἐνωπή (enōpḗ)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *HániHkas
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *HániHkas
      • Sanskrit: अनीक (ánīka)
    • Proto-Iranian: *HániHkah
      • Avestan: 𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬐𐬀‎ (aⁱnika)
      • Northern Kurdish: enî (“forehead”)
      • Middle Persian: [script needed] (anîg, “front, forehead”)
• *préti-h₃kʷ-o-s
  • Proto-Hellenic: *prótsōkʷon
    • Ancient Greek: πρόσωπον (prósōpon)
  • Indo-Iranian:
    • Indo-Aryan:
      • Sanskrit: प्रतीक (prátīka)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Tocharian: *ekʷṣäliē[1] (see there for further descendants)

See also

• *kʷeḱ-
• *weyd-

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 775

1. Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “ekṣalye”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 80-81