Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂eys-

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

    Alternative reconstructions

    Root

    *h₂eys-[2][3][4]

    1. to wish
    2. to request
    3. to search[5]

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eys- (10 c, 0 e)
    • *h₂is-sḱé-ti (sḱe-present)[5]
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *īˀskāˀtei
        • Latgalian: īskuot
        • Latvian: ieskāt
        • Lithuanian: ieškóti
        • Proto-Slavic: *jьskati (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Celtic: *issketi (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Germanic: *iskaną
        • Proto-West Germanic: *aisk (see there for further descendants)
          • Proto-West Germanic: *aiskōn (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hišćáti (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Italic: *isskō
        • Umbrian: eiscurent (3pl. fut. perf.)
    • *h₂is-tós
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hištás
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hiṣṭás
          • Sanskrit: इष्ट (iṣṭá) (see there for further descendants)
        • Proto-Iranian:
          • Avestan: 𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀 (išta)
    • *h₂oys-éh₂
      • Proto-Germanic: *aizō (see there for further descendants)
    Unsorted formations
    • Proto-Armenian:
    • Proto-Germanic: *aizāną (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Italic: *aizoskāō
    • >? Proto-Italic: *aistomāō
      • Latin: aestimō (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *aiˀskāˀ

    References

    1. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
    2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
    3. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
    4. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
    5. 5.0 5.1 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “1. *h₂eys-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 260