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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]

  1. to wish, to want

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weḱ-‎ (2 c, 0 e)
  • *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:
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ućánts
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *uśánts
        • Sanskrit: उशन्त् (uśánt)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Proto-Hellenic:
    • 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
  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
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