kei-

I. kei-¹

To lie; bed, couch; beloved, dear. Oldest form *k̑ei-, becoming *kei- in centum languages.

Derivatives include city and cemetery.

I. Basic form *kei-.

1. Suffixed form *kei-wo-.

a. hind³, from Old English hīwan, members of a household, from Germanic *hīwa-;

b. hide³, from Old English hīgid, hīd, a measure of land (< “household”), from suffixed Germanic form *hīwidō.

2. Suffixed form *kei-wi-. city, civic, civil, from Latin cīvis, citizen (< “member of a household”).

3. Suffixed form *kei-liyo-. ceilidh, from Old Irish céle, companion.

II. O-grade form *koi-.

1. Suffixed form *koi-nā-. incunabulum, from Latin cūnae, a cradle.

2. Suffixed form *koi-m-ā-. cemetery, from Greek koimān, to put to sleep.

III. Suffixed zero-grade form *ki-wo-. Shiva, from Sanskrit śiva-, auspicious, dear.

 

[Pokorny 1. k̑ei- 539.]

  II. kei-²

To set in motion.

Derivatives include resuscitate and kinetic.

I. Possibly extended o-grade from *koid-.

1. hight, from Old English hātan, to call, summon, order, from Germanic *haitan.

2. Suffixed form *koid-ti-.

a. hest, from Old English hǣs, a command, bidding;

b. behest, from Old English compound behǣs, a vow, promise, command (be-, intensive prefix; see ambhi). Both a and b from Germanic *haissiz, from *hait-ti- (but Germanic *hait- of 1 and 2 is perhaps to be referred to a separate root *kaid-).

II. Zero-grade form *ki-. Suffixed iterative form *ki-eyo-. cite; excite, incite, oscitancy, resuscitate, solicitous, from Latin ciēre (past participle citus), with its frequentative citāre, to set in motion, summon.

III. Extended root *kyeu-. Nasal-infixed form *ki-n-eu-. kinematics, kinesics, -kinesis, kinetic; bradykinin, cinematograph, hyperkinesia, kinesiology, kinesthesia, telekinesis, from Greek kīnein, to move.

 

[Pokorny kēi- 538.]

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