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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ksew-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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

Reanalysed root of *kés-u-s ~ *ks-éw-s, from *kes- (to scrape, comb) + *-us.

Root

*ksew- (imperfective) [1][2][3]

  1. to scrape, shave, sharpen

Derived terms

<a href='/wiki/Category:Terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*ksew-' title='Category:Terms derived from the PIE root *ksew-'>Terms derived from the PIE root *ksew-</a>
  • *kséw-ti ~ *ksu-énti (athematic present)
    • Balto-Slavic: *skutei (to shave) (metathesis)[1]
  • *ksu-yé-ti (*yé-present)
    • Hellenic: *ksuyō
      • Ancient Greek: ξύω (xúō, to shave, smooth, scratch)
  • *ksḗw-s-t ~ *kséw-s-n̥t (*s-aorist)[2]
    • Hellenic:
      • Ancient Greek: ξέσαι (xésai)
  • *ksow-éye-ti (to scrape, éye-causative)[3]
    • Italic: *(k)sawejō[3]
      • Latin: sauciō (I wound; I trim) (see there for further descendants)
  • *ksów-no-m[1]
  • *ksow-ó-s (scraping)[3]
    • Italic: *(k)sawos (wound)[3]
      • Latin: saucius (< *sawVkio- < *ksow-Vk-[3]) (see there for further descendants)
  • *ksu-ró-s[3]
    • Hellenic: *ksurón
    • Indo-Iranian: *kšurás (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959), “ks-eu-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 586
  2. Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*kseu̯-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 372
  3. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “saucius”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 540-541
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