Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/weḱ-

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

*weḱ-[1]

to wish, to want

Derived terms

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

*wéḱ-ti ~ *uḱ-énti (athematic root present)[2]
- Proto-Anatolian:
  - Hittite: [script needed] (ú-e-ek-zi /wēkzi/), [script needed] (ú-ek-zi /wekzi/, 3.sg.act)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wášti, *ućánti
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wáṣṭi, *uśánti
    - Sanskrit: वष्टि (váṣṭi), उशन्ति (uśánti, 3.pl.act)
  - Proto-Iranian: *wáštī, *ucánti
    - Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬍‎ (vaštī)[3]
*wé-woḱ-e ~ *we-wk-ḗr (reduplicated stative)
- Proto-Anatolian:
  - Hittite: [script needed] (ú-e-wa-ak-ki /wewakki/) (functioning as an intensive verb)[4]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wáwaća
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wáwaśa
    - Sanskrit: ववक्षि (vavákṣi) (possibly)
*wéḱ-ont-s
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: ἑκών (hekṓn)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ućánts
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *uśánts
    - Sanskrit: उशन्त् (uśánt)
Unsorted formations:
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: ἕκηλος (hékēlos), εἰκῇ (eikêi)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wašnas
  - Proto-Iranian: *wašnah
    - Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬯𐬀𐬵‎ (vasah), 𐬭𐬈-𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀‎ (re-uuasna, “desire”)
    - Old Persian: 𐎺𐏁𐎴 (v-š-n /vašna/, “will”)
    - → Old Armenian: վասն (vasn)
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: ἕκητι (hékēti)

References

Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*u̯ek̑-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 672
Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “u̯ekk-^zi”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1151
Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*u̯as”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 427
Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “u̯eu̯akk-ⁱ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1168

[1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*u̯ek̑-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 672

[2] Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “u̯ekk-^zi”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1151

[3] Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*u̯as”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 427

[4] Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “u̯eu̯akk-ⁱ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1168