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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/keyt-

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

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”).

Root

*keyt-[1][2][3]

  1. to shine, glow
    Synonyms: *bʰeh₂-, *bʰleyǵ-, *ḱweyt-

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *keyt-‎ (2 c, 0 e)
  • *kéyt-e-tor (deponent thematic present)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *čáytatay
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
        • Sanskrit: चेतते (cetate, “appears”) (merged with चेतति (cetati), from *kʷeyt- (“to notice”))
  • *kit-éye-ti
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *čitáyati
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
        • Vedic Sanskrit: चितयन्ति (citayanti, “they shine”)
        • Sanskrit: चेतयते (cetayate, “shines”)
  • *kit-rós
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *čitrás (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ćitrás
      • Proto-Iranian: *ciθráh (see there for further descendants)
  • *koyt-ús
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *kaytúš
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kaytúṣ
    • Proto-Germanic: *haiduz (“way, appearance”) (see there for further descendants)
  • *koyt-rós
    • Proto-Germanic: *haidraz (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Lithuanian: kaisti, kaitinti
    • Proto-Germanic: *haidą, *haidrį̄, *haidrijaną
    • Proto-Germanic: *haiþī (“heath, wasteland”) (connection to this root is uncertain)
      • Proto-Celtic: *kaitos (early borrowing from pre-Proto-Germanic)

References
  1. Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “kei̯t-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 347
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*haidra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 200
  3. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xaiduz ~ *xaidiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 151
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