sekʷ-

I. sekʷ-¹

To follow.

Derivatives include sequel, execute, pursue, and society.

1. sect, segue, seguidilla, sequacious, sequel, sequence, sue, suit, suite, suitor; consequent, ensue, execute, obsequious, persecute, prosecute, pursue, subsequent, from Latin sequī, to follow.

2. sequester, sequestrum, from Latin sequester, “follower,” mediator, depositary.

3. Suffixed (participial) form *sekʷ-ondo-. second², secondo, secund, secundines, from Latin secundus, following, coming next, second.

4. Suffixed form *sekʷ-os, following. extrinsic, intrinsic, from Latin secus, along, alongside of.

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-²

To perceive, see.

1. see¹, from Old English sēon, to see, from Germanic *sehwan, to see.

2. sight, from Old English sihth, gesiht, vision, spectacle, from Germanic abstract noun *sih-tiz.

 

[Pokorny 2. sekᵘ̯- 897.]

  III. sekʷ-³

To say, utter.

1. O-grade form *sokʷ-.

a. Suffixed form *sokʷ-yo-. say; gainsay, from Old English secgan, to say, from Germanic *sagjan;

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.

a. skald, from Old Norse skāld, poet, “satirist”

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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