Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ḱens-

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

Alternative forms

*ḱems- (possibly)

Etymology

Perhaps an old ingressive s-formation of *ḱem-.[1]

Root

*ḱens-

to announce, to proclaim
to put in order

Derived terms

► <a href='/wiki/Category:Terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*%E1%B8%B1ens-' title='Category:Terms derived from the PIE root *ḱens-'>Terms derived from the PIE root *ḱens-</a>

*ḱéns-e-ti
- Indo-Iranian: *ĉánsati
  - Indo-Aryan: *śánsati
    - Sanskrit: शंसति (śáṃsati)
  - Iranian: *ćánhati (see there for further descendants)[2]
*ḱn̥seh₁- ~ *ḱn̥s-é-ti ~ *ḱn̥s-eyé-ti
- Italic: *kensēō
  - Latin: cēnseō[3]
    - → English: censor, census
*ḱómso- (possibly)
- Hellenic: [Term?]
  - Ancient Greek: κῶμος (kômos)
Unsorted formations:
- Albanian: them
- Germanic: *hazjaną
- Hellenic: *kónsmos
  - Ancient Greek: κόσμος (kósmos)[4]
    - → English: cosmos

References

Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 334
Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 334–335
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 107
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 759-760

[1] Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 334

[2] Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 334–335

[3] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 107

[4] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 759-760