Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/weyk-

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/weyk-

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

Etymology

Extension of *wey- (“to separate”).

Root

*weyk-

1. to separate, to choose

Derived terms

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:
  • Proto-Italic:
    • Latin: victima (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1128

Root

*weyk- (perfective)

1. to contain, to envelop
2. to overcome

Derived terms

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)
  • Proto-Italic: *winkō
    • Latin: vincō
• *wi-wéyk-ti ~ *wi-wik-énti (reduplicated athematic present)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wiwiktá
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wiwiktá
      • Sanskrit: विविक्त (viviktá)
• *wéyk-ye-ti (ye-present)
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Lithuanian: veĩkti
• *wéyk-tōr ~ *wik-tr-és
  • Italic: *wiktōr
    • Latin: victor
• Unsorted formations:
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Latvian: vīkt
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
    • Proto-Slavic: *věkъ (“age”)(see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1128

Root

*weyk-

1. to become equal

Derived terms

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

• *we-woyk- (dupl. perfect)
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: ἔοικα (éoika)
• *wik-sḱeti
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: ἴσκω (ískō)
• *we-wik-sḱeti
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: ἐΐσκω (eḯskō)
• *wéyk-ō ~ *wik-nés
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: εἰκών (eikṓn)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: ἀεικής (aeikḗs)
    • Ancient Greek: εἰκάζω (eikázō)
    • Ancient Greek: εἴκελος (eíkelos)
    • Ancient Greek: ἐπιεικής (epieikḗs)

Further reading

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1129

Root

*weyk-

1. to curve, bend
2. to exchange

Derived terms

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

• *weyk-e-ti (root present)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *wéikō
    • Ancient Greek: εἴκω (eíkō)
• *wi-né-k- ~ *wi-n-k- (nasal-infix present)
  • Proto-Italic: *winkjō
    • Latin: vinciō
• *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)
  • Proto-Italic: *kerweiks (+ *ḱerh₂-)
    • Latin: cervīx (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Albanian: *uig-[1]
    • Albanian: vig
      • Albanian: vigan
  • 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 (behīze, “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 (bīxtan, “to shake”) , آویختن‎ (āvīxtan, “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

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1130

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