Reconstruction talk:Proto-Indo-European/sekʷ-

To add somewhere : Lithuanian sekti, "to follow". --Fsojic (talk) 11:33, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

Done, though I don't know what formation it's under, so I just stuck it under this list at *sekʷe-, not knowing what we do for "source doesn't say which formation". Someone who knows better, please clean up after me! 4pq1injbok (talk) 23:17, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

whether "see" derives from "follow"

We currently cite Philippa saying

[that "see" derives from "follow"] is an unlikely development considering that "see" is a more basic and primary meaning than "follow", which is more abstract.

But this is a nonsense. Lexical replacement happens, and when it does the word that was formerly the basic one for "see" may get ousted by a new formation, which may indeed have originally meant "follow with the eyes" before it broadened. For example Latvian redzēt "see" is from *h₃reǵ- (“stretch, etc.”), and Tocharian AB läk- "see" from *leǵ- (“gather”); and many Romance words for "look" are from Latin mīror "be astonished at". I would have preferred to delete that comment but instead I've just softened it with a "some sources"... 4pq1injbok (talk) 23:41, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

Latin "signum"

Can someone please add signum among the derived terms? I don't know from what root it derived.Jonteemil (talk) 17:41, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

Slavic data moved under "to follow"

I don't agree that the Slavic descendants (all) continue the meaning to say. The primary meaning of Proto-Slavic *sočiti is to indicate, to direct, to point towards. Most of its derivatives also suggest this meaning: Proto-Slavic *posoka (“direction”), Proto-Slavic *nasoka (“guideline”). The meaning to accuse is secondary. The synonym Proto-Slavic *kazati (“to show”) has developed a similar secondary meaning, so clearly this is a common semantic shift in Slavic: showing, pointing → accusing → punishment. On this account, I think the Slavic term should be listed under to follow. Bezimenen (talk) 11:03, 6 October 2019 (UTC)