Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂eys-

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

*Heys-^[1]

Root

*h₂eys-^[2]^[3]^[4]

to wish
to request
to search^[5]

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eys- (10 c, 0 e)

*h₂i-sḱé-ti (sḱe-present)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *īˀskāˀtei
  - Latgalian: īskuot
  - Latvian: ieskāt
  - Lithuanian: ieškóti
  - Proto-Slavic: *jьskati (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Celtic: *issketi (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *iskaną
  - ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *aisk (see there for further descendants)
    - ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *aiskōn (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hišćáti (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Italic: *isskō
  - ⇒ Umbrian: eiscurent (3pl. fut. perf.)
*h₂is-tós
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hištás
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hiṣṭás
    - Sanskrit: इष्ट (iṣṭa) (see there for further descendants)
  - Proto-Iranian:
    - Avestan: 𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀 (išta)
*h₂oys-éh₂
- Proto-Germanic: *aizō (see there for further descendants)
Unsorted formations:
- Armenian:
  - Old Armenian: այց (aycʻ), հայց (haycʻ)
    - Armenian: հայց (haycʻ)
- Proto-Germanic: *aizāną (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Italic: *aizoskāō
  - Latin: aeruscō
- >? Proto-Italic: *aistomāō
  - Latin: aestimō (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Italic:
  - Umbrian: eiscurent
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *aiˀskāˀ
  - Latvian: ieska

References

^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎^[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “1. *h₂eys-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 260

[1] Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎^[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

[2] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[3] Kroonen, Guus (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[4] Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[5] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “1. *h₂eys-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 260

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