Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kʷels-

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

*kʷels-[1][2]

to pull, drag
to turn

Related terms

*kʷel-

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Iranian:
- Proto-Indo-Aryan:
  - Sanskrit: कृष् (kṛṣ)

Derived terms

*kʷéls-e-ti (root present)
- Hittite: gulsanzi (“to scratch, tear”)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *káršati
  - Proto-Iranian:
    - Avestan: 𐬐𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (karšaⁱti)
    - Persian: کشیدن (kašidan)
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kárṣati
    - Sanskrit: कर्षति (karṣati, “draw, pull, drag”)[3]

References

Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “kʷels-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 388
Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 639, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 639
Monier Williams (1899) “kṛṣ-”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0306.

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[1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “kʷels-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 388

[2] Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 639, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 639

[3] Monier Williams (1899) “kṛṣ-”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0306.