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I. sekʷ-1
To follow.1. sect, segue, seguidilla, sequacious, sequel, sequence, sue, suit, suite, suitor; consequent, ensue, execute, obsequious, persecute, prosecute, pursue, subsequent, from Latin sequī, to follow.3. Suffixed (participial) form *sekʷ-ondo-. second2, secondo, secund, secundines, from Latin secundus, following, coming next, second.5. Suffixed form *sekʷ-no-. scarlet, scarlatina, seal1, segno, sigil, sign; assign, consign, designate, insignia, resign, from Latin signum, identifying mark, sign (< “standard that one follows”).6. Suffixed o-grade form *sokʷ-yo-. sociable, social, society, socio-; associate, consociate, dissociate, from Latin socius, ally, companion (< “follower”).[Pokorny 1. sekᵘ̯- 896.]II. sekʷ-2To perceive, see.1. see1, from Old English sēon, to see, from Germanic *sehwan, to see.[Pokorny 2. sekᵘ̯- 897.]III. sekʷ-3To say, utter.1. O-grade form *sokʷ-.b. suffixed form *sokʷ-ā-.(i) saw2, from Old English sagu, a saying, speech;(ii) saga, from Old Norse saga, a saying, narrative. Both (i) and (ii) from Germanic *sagō, a saying.2. Perhaps suffixed zero-grade form *skʷ-e-tlo-, narration.b. scold, from Middle English scolde, an abusive person, from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse skāld (see above). Both a and b from North Germanic *skathla.[In Pokorny 2. sekᵘ̯- 897.]
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