Cognate Set 1900 – Meaning: fruit

IE-CoR reference form:
*u̯ei̯s-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Indo-European
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
Baltic lexemes continuing derivatives of PIE *u̯ei̯s- 'to sprout, thrive' (ALEW 1170-1171, Derksen 2015:485, 495; cf. LIV² 671).
Found in clades:
Baltic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 2 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
76   Lithuanian vaĩsiai ˈʋɐiˑsʲɛiˑ ˈvaiˑsʲɛiˑ
77   Old Prussian wēisin acc.sg.
References
  • Derksen, Rick: 485, 495
    S.v. Lith. vaĩsius 'fruit' (cf. OIc. vísir 'bud, sprout'), from the same root as Lith. veĩsti 'to breed, rear' from PIE *u̯ei̯s- (cf. Lat. virēre 'be green, fresh').
  • Hock, Wolfgang and Fecht, Rainer and Feulner, Anna Helene and Hill, Eugen and Wodtko, Dagmar S.: 1170-1171
    Cf. s.v. OLith. vaisùs 'fruchtbar', from which the derived noun vaĩsius 'Frucht, Leibesfrucht', an o-grade formation to OLith. veĩsti 'zeugen, erzeugen' (BSl. Latv. viest 'aufziehen, erziehen, entstehen lassen, verbreiten', OPr. wēisin 'Frucht'), from PIE *u̯ei̯s- 'sprießen, gedeihen' (cf. Alb. vesh 'Traube, Weintraube', Lat. vireō, -ēre 'grün sein', ON vísir 'Keim, Spross').
  • Rix, Helmut: 671
    Cf. s.v. 1. *u̯ei̯s- 'sprießen, gedeihen' (IEW 1133).