"kʷeys-" meaning in Proto-Indo-European

See kʷeys- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Root

Etymology: Extended from *kʷey- (“to perceive”).
  1. to see; to heed Wikipedia link: Brill Publishers, Helmut Rix, Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben Tags: morpheme, reconstruction

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      "text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *činásti"
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      "depth": 3,
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          "args": {
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      "depth": 4,
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            "2": "-"
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          "name": "desc"
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    },
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      "depth": 4,
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            "1": "ae-yng",
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      "text": "Proto-Celtic: *kʷiseti"
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            "1": "cel-gau",
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            "t": "I will see"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "⇒ Gaulish: pissiumi (“I will see”)"
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      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "⇒ Old Irish: adcí (“to see, behold”) (+ *h₂éd)"
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      "depth": 1,
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          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *čištás",
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          "expansion": "Sanskrit: *चिष्ट (ciṣṭa)",
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      "text": "*kʷoys-ó-s"
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *kayšás"
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          "args": {
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      "depth": 4,
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            "ts": "kēš"
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          "expansion": "Middle Persian: kyš (/⁠kēš⁠/, “dogma, faith”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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      "depth": 5,
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Persian: کیش (kêš, “religion”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kʷóyseh₂"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
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            "1": "itc-pro",
            "2": "*kʷoizā"
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          "expansion": "Proto-Italic: *kʷoizā\nLatin: cura (see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic: *kʷoizā\nLatin: cura (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Extended from *kʷey- (“to perceive”).",
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
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          "name": "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Helmut Rix",
        "Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben"
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          "args": {
            "1": "iir-pro",
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          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *čáyšt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *čáyšt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ira-pro",
            "2": "*čáyšt"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Iranian: *čáyšt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Iranian: *čáyšt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
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            "2": "-"
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          "expansion": "Avestan:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Avestan:"
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      "depth": 4,
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            "pos": "3sg.inj"
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          "expansion": "Old Avestan: 𐬗𐬋𐬌𐬱𐬙 (cōišt, 3sg.inj)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Avestan: 𐬗𐬋𐬌𐬱𐬙 (cōišt, 3sg.inj)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
            "1": "ae-yng",
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            "pos": "3pl.inj"
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          "expansion": "Younger Avestan: 𐬗𐬋𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀 (cōišta, 3pl.inj)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "*kʷi-né-s-ti ~ *kʷi-n-s-énti (nasal-infix athematic present)"
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
            "1": "iir-pro",
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          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *činásti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *činásti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ira-pro",
            "2": "*činástī"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Iranian: *činástī",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Iranian: *činástī"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ae",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Avestan:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ae-old",
            "2": "𐬗𐬌𐬥𐬀𐬯",
            "pos": "3sg.inj"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Avestan: 𐬗𐬌𐬥𐬀𐬯 (cinas, 3sg.inj)",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Old Avestan: 𐬗𐬌𐬥𐬀𐬯 (cinas, 3sg.inj), 𐬗𐬍𐬱𐬨𐬀𐬵𐬍 (cīšmahī, 3pl.ind)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ae-yng",
            "2": "𐬗𐬌𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬌",
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            "t": "to decide, determine"
          },
          "expansion": "Younger Avestan: 𐬗𐬌𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬌 (cinasti, “to decide, determine”, 3sg.ind)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Younger Avestan: 𐬗𐬌𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬌 (cinasti, “to decide, determine”, 3sg.ind)"
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      "text": "*kʷís-e-ti ~ *kʷís-o-nti (simple thematic present)"
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    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-pro",
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          "expansion": "Proto-Celtic: *kʷiseti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
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          "args": {
            "1": "cel-gau",
            "2": "pissiumi",
            "der": "1",
            "t": "I will see"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Gaulish: pissiumi (“I will see”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Gaulish: pissiumi (“I will see”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "adcí",
            "der": "1",
            "t": "to see, behold"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Old Irish: adcí (“to see, behold”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Old Irish: adcí (“to see, behold”) (+ *h₂éd)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kʷis-tó-s"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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            "1": "iir-pro",
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          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *čištás",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *čištás"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-pro",
            "2": "*ćiṣṭás",
            "t": "message",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ćiṣṭás (“message”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
            "2": "*चिष्ट"
          },
          "expansion": "Sanskrit: *चिष्ट (ciṣṭa)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sanskrit: *चिष्ट (ciṣṭa) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ira-pro",
            "2": "*čištáh"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Iranian: *čištáh",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Iranian: *čištáh"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
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        {
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            "1": "pal",
            "2": "nʾmcšt'",
            "der": "1",
            "t": "known by name",
            "ts": "nāmčišt"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Middle Persian: nʾmcšt' (/⁠nāmčišt⁠/, “known by name”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Middle Persian: nʾmcšt' (/⁠nāmčišt⁠/, “known by name”)"
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kʷoys-ó-s"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *kayšás"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ira-pro",
            "2": "*kayšás"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Iranian: *kayšás",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Iranian: *kayšás"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ae",
            "2": "𐬝𐬐𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬀",
            "t": "teaching"
          },
          "expansion": "Avestan: 𐬝𐬐𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬀 (t̰kaēša, “teaching”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Avestan: 𐬝𐬐𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬀 (t̰kaēša, “teaching”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
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            "1": "pal",
            "2": "kyš",
            "t": "dogma, faith",
            "ts": "kēš"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Persian: kyš (/⁠kēš⁠/, “dogma, faith”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Persian: kyš (/⁠kēš⁠/, “dogma, faith”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "کیش",
            "t": "religion",
            "tr": "kêš"
          },
          "expansion": "Persian: کیش (kêš, “religion”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Persian: کیش (kêš, “religion”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*kʷóyseh₂"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "2": "*kʷoizā"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic: *kʷoizā\nLatin: cura (see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic: *kʷoizā\nLatin: cura (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Extended from *kʷey- (“to perceive”).",
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kʷeys-",
  "pos": "root",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Proto-Indo-European CeRC-shape roots",
        "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Indo-European lemmas",
        "Proto-Indo-European roots"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to see; to heed"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "see",
          "see"
        ],
        [
          "heed",
          "heed"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Brill Publishers",
        "Helmut Rix",
        "Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kʷeys-"
}

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