Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʷʰn̥sḱéti

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

    From *gʷʰen- (to strike, slay) +‎ *-sḱéti.

    Verb

    *gʷʰn̥sḱéti (imperfective)[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

    1. to strike

    Conjugation

    Imperfective, thematic
    3rd singular *gʷʰn̥sḱéti
    3rd plural *gʷʰn̥sḱónti
    Active voice Present indicative Past indicative Imperative Subjunctive Optative
    1st singular *gʷʰn̥sḱóh₂ *gʷʰn̥sḱóm *gʷʰn̥sḱṓh₂ *gʷʰn̥sḱóyh₁m̥
    2nd singular *gʷʰn̥sḱési *gʷʰn̥sḱés *gʷʰn̥sḱé *gʷʰn̥sḱḗsi *gʷʰn̥sḱóys
    3rd singular *gʷʰn̥sḱéti *gʷʰn̥sḱét *gʷʰn̥sḱétu *gʷʰn̥sḱḗti *gʷʰn̥sḱóyt
    1st dual *gʷʰn̥sḱówos *gʷʰn̥sḱówe *gʷʰn̥sḱṓwos *gʷʰn̥sḱóywe
    2nd dual *gʷʰn̥sḱétes *gʷʰn̥sḱétom *gʷʰn̥sḱétom *gʷʰn̥sḱḗtes *gʷʰn̥sḱóytom
    3rd dual *gʷʰn̥sḱétes *gʷʰn̥sḱétām *gʷʰn̥sḱétām *gʷʰn̥sḱḗtes *gʷʰn̥sḱóytām
    1st plural *gʷʰn̥sḱómos *gʷʰn̥sḱóme *gʷʰn̥sḱṓmos *gʷʰn̥sḱóyme
    2nd plural *gʷʰn̥sḱéte *gʷʰn̥sḱéte *gʷʰn̥sḱéte *gʷʰn̥sḱḗte *gʷʰn̥sḱóyte
    3rd plural *gʷʰn̥sḱónti *gʷʰn̥sḱónt *gʷʰn̥sḱóntu *gʷʰn̥sḱṓnti *gʷʰn̥sḱóyh₁n̥t
    Participle *gʷʰn̥sḱónts
    Middle voice Present indicative Past indicative Imperative Subjunctive Optative
    1st singular *gʷʰn̥sḱóh₂er *gʷʰn̥sḱóh₂e *gʷʰn̥sḱṓh₂er *gʷʰn̥sḱóyh₂e
    2nd singular *gʷʰn̥sḱéth₂er *gʷʰn̥sḱéth₂e *gʷʰn̥sḱéso *gʷʰn̥sḱḗth₂er *gʷʰn̥sḱóyth₂e
    3rd singular *gʷʰn̥sḱétor *gʷʰn̥sḱéto *? *gʷʰn̥sḱḗtor *gʷʰn̥sḱóyto, *gʷʰn̥sḱóyh₁o
    1st dual *gʷʰn̥sḱówosdʰh₂ *gʷʰn̥sḱówedʰh₂ *gʷʰn̥sḱṓwosdʰh₂ *gʷʰn̥sḱóywedʰh₂
    2nd dual *? *? *? *? *?
    3rd dual *? *? *? *? *?
    1st plural *gʷʰn̥sḱómosdʰh₂ *gʷʰn̥sḱómedʰh₂ *gʷʰn̥sḱṓmosdʰh₂ *gʷʰn̥sḱóymedʰh₂
    2nd plural *gʷʰn̥sḱédʰh₂we *gʷʰn̥sḱédʰh₂we *gʷʰn̥sḱédʰh₂we *gʷʰn̥sḱḗdʰh₂we *gʷʰn̥sḱóydʰh₂we
    3rd plural *gʷʰn̥sḱóntor *gʷʰn̥sḱónto *? *gʷʰn̥sḱṓntor *gʷʰn̥sḱóyro
    Participle *gʷʰn̥sḱómnos

    Descendants

    • Proto-Anatolian: *gʷənsḱéti
      • Hittite: 𒆪𒀸𒆠- (ku-aš-ke-), 𒆪𒉿𒀸𒆠- (ku-wa-aš-ke- /⁠⁠kʷəské-⁠/, to kill, slay, ruin)[9]
    • Proto-Tocharian: *käsk- (to scatter, disperse)

    References

    1. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 592:gʷhn̥-sḱe/o- 'strike'
    2. ^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “kue(n)-zi/ kun- / kuṷa(n)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 485-486:*gʷʰn-sḱé/ó-
    3. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “käsk-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 189:*gʷʰn̥sk̂e/o-
    4. ^ Rieken, Elisabeth (2023), “LUWIAN /W/ AND ⟨P⟩: SECOND THOUGHTS”, in Trabazo, José Virgilio García, Lajara, Ignacio-Javier Adiego, Pons, Mariona Vernet, Obrador-Cursach, Bartomeu, Soler, Susana, editors, New approaches on Anatolian linguistics (Barcino monographica orientalia Series Anatolica et Indogermanica), Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona Edicions, →ISBN, page 207:*gʷʰn̥-sḱe/a-
    5. ^ Melchert, H. Craig (1977), “Tocharian verb stems in -tk-”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung[1], volume 91, number 1, →ISSN, page 108:overall usage, I propose to derive käsk- from IE *gʷhen 'strike' via *gʷhn̥-sk-
    6. ^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2007), “The Hittite Syllabification of PIE *CᵘR and *KᵘR”, in Groddek, D, Zorman, M, editors, Tabula Hethaeorum, Hethitologische Beiträge[2], page 456:*gṷhn-sk̑é/ó-
    7. ^ H. Craig Melchert (2015), “Historical Phonology”, in Hittite Historical Phonology after 100 Years[3], Los Angeles: University of California, page 267:k(u)waške- ‘slay’ < *gʷʰn̥-sk̂e-
    8. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*gu̯hen-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 218-219:*gṷhn̥-sk̑é-
    9. ^ Dardano, Paola (2 October 2017), Napoli, Maria, Ravetto, Miriam, editors, Chapter 5. Intensification and intensifying modification in Hittite[4], John Benjamins Publishing Company, →DOI, →ISBN, page 109:Sometimes intensity means an interaction of iterativity and durativity. In (6) the rendering of kuwaške- ‘to slay’ conveys the force of the verb, implying a long continued (and repeated) activity.