Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/weyk-

*weyk-

1. to separate, to choose

• *weyk-o-
  • Germanic: *wīhaz (see there for further descendants)
• *wik-néh₂-ti
  • Germanic: *wikkōną (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted formations
  • Germanic: *wīhą
  • Italic:
    • Latin: victima

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1128

*weyk- (perfective)

1. to contain, to envelop
2. to yield
3. to overcome

• *wik-é-ti (zero-grade thematic root present)
  • Celtic: *wiketi (“to fight”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Germanic: *wiganą (see there for further descendants)
• *wi-né-k-ti ~ *wi-n-k-énti (nasal-infix present)
  • Italic: *winkō
    • Latin: vincō
• *wi-wéyk-ti ~ *wi-wik-énti (reduplicated athematic present)
  • Indo-Iranian: *wiwiktá
    • Indo-Aryan: *wiwiktá
      • Sanskrit: विविक्त (viviktá)
• *wéyk-ye-ti (ye-present)
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Lithuanian: veĩkti
• *wéyk-tōr ~ *wik-tr-és
  • Italic:
    • Latin: victor
• Unsorted formations:
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Latvian: vīkt
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Slavic: *věkъ (“age”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Germanic: *wīkwaną

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1128

*weyk-

1. to become equal

• *we-woyk- (dupl. perfect)
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: ἔοικα (éoika)
• *wéyk-ō ~ *wik-nés
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: εἰκών (eikṓn)

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1129

*weyk-

1. to curve, bend
2. to exchange

• *weyk- (root present)
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: εἴκω (eíkō)
• *wi-né-k- ~ *wi-n-k- (nasal-infix present)
  • Italic: *winkjō
    • Latin: vinciō
• *wik-i-
  • Italic: *wikis
    • Latin: vicis
• Unsorted formations:
  • Indo-Iranian: *wíkti
    • Iranian: *wíxti
      • Avestan: 𐬬𐬌𐬘‎ (vij, “to shake”)
      • Middle Persian:[script needed] (wyc- /wēz-/, “to swing, fling, sprinkle”)
      • > Iranian: *ṷi-wíxti:
        • Middle Persian: [script needed] (whyc /wihēz/, “to move, progress”), [script needed] (whyck' /wihēzag/, “intercalary month”)
          • Persian: بهیزه‎ (behīze, “intercalary month in the Zoroastrian calendar”)
      • Sodgian:

        Christian Sogdian: ܘܝܨ‎ (wyc /wēč/, “to move, shake”)

        Buddhaist Sogdian: 𐼴𐼷𐼿‎ (wyc /wēč/, “to move, shake”)

      • Persian:بیختن‎ (bīxtan, “to shake”) , آویختن‎ (āvīxtan, “to hang, suspend”)
      • Baluchi:گتک‎ (gētk, “"to put, swim, turn towards, abort”)
      • Zazaki: vijyanyış (vīžyāyiš, “to came out, appear”)
  • Germanic: *wihslaz

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1130