Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/keyh₂-

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ḱey-

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

ḱeyh₂-

Root

*keyh₂-

to move, be in motion

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *keyh₂- (3 c, 0 e)

*keyh₂-e-ti (thematic root present)
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: κίω (kíō, “I go”)
*kih₂-éh₁ye-ti
- Proto-Italic: *kieje-
  - Latin: cieō (“I move, set in motion”)
*kih₂-néw-ti ~ * kih₂-n̥w-énti
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: κῑνέω (kīnéō, “I move”)
*kih₂-tós
- Proto-Italic:
  - Latin: citus (“fast”)

References

De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 113-4
Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 538
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κίω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 376