Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ḱókʷr̥

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

Etymology

From *ḱekʷ- (“to defecate”) +‎ *-r̥ (r/n-stem suffix); the root is also the source of Lithuanian šikti (“to defecate”), Latvian šekšet (“to soil”).[1][2][3]

Noun

*ḱókʷr̥ n[2][3][4][5]

dung, excrement, faeces

Inflection

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Derived terms

*ḱókʷr-o-s (thematicization)
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: κόπρος (kópros, “excrement, faeces”)

Descendants

>? Proto-Celtic: *kekʷorā (“swamp, mud, quagmire”)[6]
- Middle Irish: cechor
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ćák-r̥ ~ *ćak-ná-s (“dung”) (see there for further descendants)

References

Derksen, Rick (2015), “šikti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 448
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “κόπρος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 758
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “śákar-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 602
Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 189
Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “śákar- (śákn-)”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*kekʷorā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 198

[1] Derksen, Rick (2015), “šikti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 448

[B-2] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “κόπρος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 758

[M-3] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “śákar-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 602

[4] Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 189

[5] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “śákar- (śákn-)”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[6] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*kekʷorā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 198