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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьskati

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *iskāˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂i-sḱé-ti, from *h₂eys- (“to wish, desire, want”). Cognate with Lithuanian ieškóti (“to look for”) (1sg. íeškau), Latvian iẽskât (“to search for lice”), Sanskrit इच्छति (iccháti, “to long for, wish, to seek”), Avestan 𐬌𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌‎ (isaiti, “to seek”), Latin aeruscō (“to beg, to ask for”), Old High German eiscōn (“to investigate, to demand”), Old English āscian (“to ask”) (whence English ask), Old Armenian այց (aycʿ, “visit; search”), հայց (haycʿ, “demand, request; seeking”).

Verb

*jьskati impf[1]

  1. to look for, to seek

Conjugation

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: искати (iskati)
      • Russian: иска́ть (iskátʹ)
      • Rusyn: искати (yskaty), иськати (ysʹkaty), ськати (sʹkaty)
      • Ukrainian: иська́ти (ysʹkáty), ська́ти (sʹkáty)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*jьskàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 214: “v. (b) ‘look for, seek’”
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