Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ḱwes-

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

  • Root

    *ḱwes-[1][2]

    1. to puff, sigh

    Alternative reconstructions

    Derived terms

    • *ḱwés-ti ~ *ḱus-énti (athematic root present)[2]
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ćwásti ~ *ćušánti
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *śwásti ~ *śuṣánti
          • Sanskrit: श्वसिति (śvasiti) (with -i- possibly from अनिति (aniti, to breathe)[2])
            • Sanskrit: श्वसति (śvásati) (thematised; first attested in Atharvaveda)
        • Proto-Iranian: *cwásti ~ *cušánti
          • >? Khwarezmian: [script needed] (sʾsyd, 3sg.ipf.), [script needed] (sʾsʾr, to be out of breath, to pant, 3pl.)
      • Proto-Italic: *kwesō[4] (thematised)
        • Latin: queror (to complain)
      • Proto-Tocharian: *kwäs-
        • Proto-Tocharian: *kwäsnā- (secondary nā-present[2])
          • Tocharian B: kwäsnātär (to bemoan)
    • *ḱwḗs-ti ~ *ḱwés-n̥ti (Narten-type athematic root present)
      • Proto-Germanic: *hwēsaną (to wheeze) (see there for further descendants)
    • *ḱus-yé-ti (zero-grade ye-present)[5]
      • Proto-Germanic: *husjaną (to hiss)[5]
        • Proto-West Germanic: *hussijan
    • *ḱwos-éye-ti (eye-causative)[2]
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ćwāsáyati
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *śwāsáyati
          • Sanskrit: श्वासयति (śvāsáyati)
    • *ḱus-í-s ~ *ḱus-éy-s
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ćušíH[6] (< dual *ḱus-íh₁(e)[5])
        • Proto-Iranian: *cušíH du (lungs) (see there for further descendants)
    • *ḱus-nó-s
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ćušnás
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *śuṣṇás
          • Sanskrit: शुष्णस् (śuṣṇás, name of a demon)
        • Proto-Iranian: *cušnáh[7]
          • Pashto: سوڼ (suṇ, panting, wheezing, snorting)
            • Shughni: са̄в̌н (sāwn, a kind of dragon)
    • *ḱwos-ó-s
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ćwāsás
        • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *śwāsás
          • Sanskrit: श्वास (śvāsa, breath) (see there for further descendants)
    Unsorted formations
    • >? Proto-Armenian: *šu-[8]
      • Old Armenian: շունչ (šunčʻ, breath; spirit; wind) (see there for further descendants)
      • Old Armenian: շշունջ (ššunǰ, a whisper)
      • Old Armenian: շշուկ (ššuk, a whisper)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
      • >? Lithuanian: švañkšti (to wheeze)

    References

    1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “k̑u̯es-, k̑us- ‚keuchen, schnaufen, seufzen‘”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 631-632
    2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*k̑u̯es- ‘schnaufen, schnauben, seufzen’”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 341:Präsens *k̑u̯és-/k̑us-; Kausativ *k̑u̯os-éi̯e-
    3. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*ḱu̯eshx- ‘± breathe; sigh, groan’”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 518
    4. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “queror, -ī ‘to complain, protest’”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 507
    5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hwēsan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 266:E to hiss < *husjan-(?) < *ḱus-ie-(?).
    6. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2003), Beekes, R.S.P., Lubotsky, A., Weitenberg, J.J.S., editors, The Avestan Vowels (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 12), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 291
    7. ^ Morgenstierne, Georg (2003), “suṇ”, in Elfenbein, J., MacKenzie, D. N., Sims-Williams, Nicholas, editors, A New Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Weisbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN:*sušna-
    8. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “šunčʻ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 522