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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/skwey-

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

*skwey-

  1. thorn, needle, prickle
  2. thorny, prickly plant

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *skwey-‎ (3 c, 0 e)
  • *skwoy-eh₂ : *skuy-eh₂ (“needle, prickle; thorn”, o-grade)
    • Dacian: *skuia (“spruce, fir-tree”)
      • → Ancient Greek: Σκουάνες (Skouánes) (toponym)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *skwajāˀ, *skujāˀ f (“needles or branches of a coniferous tree”)
      • Latvian: skuja f (“needle of a fir-tree”)
      • Lithuanian: skujà f (“needle of a coniferous tree; twig of a pine cone, fish-scale”)
      • Proto-Slavic: *xvoja f, *xvojь m[1][2][3] (see there for further descendants)
  • *skowyós : *skuyós (o-grade; metathesis)[4][5][6]
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *skaujás m (“twig, cane, arbor”)
      • Proto-Slavic: *xȗjь (“penis”) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Albanian: *skuja
      • ⇒ Proto-Albanian: *sku-na
        • Albanian: hu, hû m (“stake, pole; penis”)[7]
        • ⇒ Proto-Albanian: *skun-tā
  • *skwi(y)-h₂et-s (zero-grade)
    • Proto-Celtic: *skʷiyat-s (“hawthorn”)[9] (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

References
  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xvoja / *xvojь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 125
  2. Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “хвоя”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 337
  3. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “хвоя”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 170
  4. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xujь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 114
  5. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “хуй”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 221
  6. Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1972–1982) “хуй”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 2 (Д – Ь), Ottawa: Ukrainian Mohylo-Mazepian Academy of Sciences; Ukrainian Language Association, →LCCN, page 1091
  7. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “hu ~ hû”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 150
  8. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “hundë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 152
  9. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*skʷiyat-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 339
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