"keyt-" meaning in Proto-Indo-European

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Root

Etymology: Possibly an extension of *key- (“to be hot, to burn”), whence the Germanic terms *haitaz (“hot”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍃 (hais, “torch”), and Proto-West Germanic *haj (“heat”). Etymology templates: {{m+|got|𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍃|t=torch}} Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍃 (hais, “torch”), {{,}} ,, {{m+|gmw-pro|*haj|t=heat}} Proto-West Germanic *haj (“heat”)
  1. to shine, glow Wikipedia link: Brill Publishers, Helmut Rix, Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben Tags: morpheme, reconstruction Synonyms: *bʰeh₂-, *bʰleyǵ-, *ḱweyt-

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      "text": "*kéyt-e-tor (deponent thematic present)"
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          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "merged with <i class=\"Deva mention\" lang=\"sa\">चेतति</i> (cetati), from <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"ine-pro\">*kʷeyt-</i> (“to notice”)"
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            "1": "iir-pro",
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          "name": "desc"
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-pro"
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          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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            "1": "sa-ved",
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            "t": "they shine"
          },
          "expansion": "Vedic Sanskrit: चितयन्ति (citayanti, “they shine”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-pro",
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          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ćitrás",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ćitrás"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
            "2": "चित्र",
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          "args": {},
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          "name": "see desc"
        }
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            "1": "ira-pro",
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          "name": "desc"
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        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
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      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "iir-pro",
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      "depth": 3,
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          "args": {
            "1": "inc-pro",
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          "args": {},
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          "name": "desc"
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        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
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          "expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic:",
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      "text": "Unsorted formations:"
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        }
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          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *haidą, *haidrį̄, *haidrijaną",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          "name": "desc"
        },
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          "args": {
            "1": "connection to this root is uncertain"
          },
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "early borrowing from pre-Proto-Germanic"
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          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-bry-pro",
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          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic: *koɨd",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Brythonic: *koɨd"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍃 (hais, “torch”)",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": ",",
      "name": ","
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
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      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *haj (“heat”)",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly an extension of *key- (“to be hot, to burn”), whence the Germanic terms *haitaz (“hot”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍃 (hais, “torch”), and Proto-West Germanic *haj (“heat”).",
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/keyt-",
  "pos": "root",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European CeRC-shape roots",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "word": "*bʰeh₂-"
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          "word": "*ḱweyt-"
        }
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        "reconstruction"
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        "Brill Publishers",
        "Helmut Rix",
        "Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben"
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      "text": "*kéyt-e-tor (deponent thematic present)"
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            "1": "iir-pro",
            "2": "*čáytatay"
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          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *čáytatay",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-pro"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
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            "t": "appears"
          },
          "expansion": "Sanskrit: चेतते (cetate, “appears”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "merged with <i class=\"Deva mention\" lang=\"sa\">चेतति</i> (cetati), from <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"ine-pro\">*kʷeyt-</i> (“to notice”)"
          },
          "expansion": "(merged with चेतति (cetati), from *kʷeyt- (“to notice”))",
          "name": "q"
        }
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      "text": "Sanskrit: चेतते (cetate, “appears”) (merged with चेतति (cetati), from *kʷeyt- (“to notice”))"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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      "text": "*kit-éye-ti"
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    {
      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
            "1": "iir-pro",
            "2": "*čitáyati"
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          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *čitáyati",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *čitáyati"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-pro"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan:"
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    {
      "depth": 4,
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          "args": {
            "1": "sa-ved",
            "2": "चितयन्ति",
            "t": "they shine"
          },
          "expansion": "Vedic Sanskrit: चितयन्ति (citayanti, “they shine”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Vedic Sanskrit: चितयन्ति (citayanti, “they shine”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
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          "expansion": "Sanskrit: चेतयते (cetayate, “shines”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sanskrit: चेतयते (cetayate, “shines”)"
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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      "text": "*kit-rós"
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "*čitrás"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *čitrás",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *čitrás (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-pro",
            "2": "*ćitrás"
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          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ćitrás",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ćitrás"
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    {
      "depth": 4,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
            "2": "चित्र",
            "tr": "citrá"
          },
          "expansion": "Sanskrit: चित्र (citrá)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sanskrit: चित्र (citrá) (see there for further descendants)"
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    {
      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ira-pro",
            "2": "*ciθráh"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Iranian: *ciθráh",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Iranian: *ciθráh (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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      "text": "*koyt-ús"
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      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "iir-pro",
            "2": "*kaytúš"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *kaytúš",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *kaytúš"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-pro",
            "2": "*kaytúṣ"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kaytúṣ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kaytúṣ"
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    {
      "depth": 4,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
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            "t": "lamp, appearance"
          },
          "expansion": "Sanskrit: केतु (ketu, “lamp, appearance”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sanskrit: केतु (ketu, “lamp, appearance”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*haiduz",
            "t": "way, appearance"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *haiduz (“way, appearance”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *haiduz (“way, appearance”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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      "text": "*koyt-rós"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*haidraz"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *haidraz",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *haidraz (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-bsl-pro"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Balto-Slavic:"
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    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lt",
            "2": "kaitrà"
          },
          "expansion": "Lithuanian: kaitrà",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lithuanian: kaitrà"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Unsorted formations:"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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            "1": "lt",
            "2": "kaisti",
            "3": "kaitinti"
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          "expansion": "Lithuanian: kaisti, kaitinti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lithuanian: kaisti, kaitinti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
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            "4": "*haidrijaną"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *haidą, *haidrį̄, *haidrijaną",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *haidą, *haidrį̄, *haidrijaną"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*haiþī",
            "t": "heath, wasteland"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *haiþī (“heath, wasteland”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "connection to this root is uncertain"
          },
          "expansion": "(connection to this root is uncertain)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *haiþī (“heath, wasteland”) (connection to this root is uncertain)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-pro",
            "2": "*kaitos"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Celtic: *kaitos",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "early borrowing from pre-Proto-Germanic"
          },
          "expansion": "(early borrowing from pre-Proto-Germanic)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Celtic: *kaitos (early borrowing from pre-Proto-Germanic)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-bry-pro",
            "2": "*koɨd"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic: *koɨd",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Brythonic: *koɨd"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍃",
        "t": "torch"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍃 (hais, “torch”)",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": ",",
      "name": ","
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*haj",
        "t": "heat"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *haj (“heat”)",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly an extension of *key- (“to be hot, to burn”), whence the Germanic terms *haitaz (“hot”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍃 (hais, “torch”), and Proto-West Germanic *haj (“heat”).",
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/keyt-",
  "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",
        "ine-pro:Light"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to shine, glow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shine",
          "shine"
        ],
        [
          "glow",
          "glow"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*bʰeh₂-"
        },
        {
          "word": "*bʰleyǵ-"
        },
        {
          "word": "*ḱweyt-"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Brill Publishers",
        "Helmut Rix",
        "Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "keyt-"
}

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