Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/keyh₂-

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

• ḱeyh₂-

Root

*keyh₂-

1. to move, be in motion

Derived terms

• *keyh₂-e-ti (thematic root present)
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: κίω (kíō, “I go”)
• *kih₂-éh₁ye-ti
  • Proto-Italic: *kieje-
    • Latin: cieō (“I move, set in motion”)
• *kih₂-néw-ti ~ * kih₂-n̥w-énti
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: κῑνέω (kīnéō, “I move”)
• *kih₂-tós
  • Proto-Italic:
    • Latin: citus (“fast”)

References

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 113-4
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 538
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κίω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 376