Cognate Set 288 – Meaning: see

IE-CoR reference form:
?*sekʷ-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Indo-European
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Proposed as cognate to:
sheh [Old Albanian] scale: 0
Justification:
Often connected to PIE 1. *sekʷ- 'follow' under the assumption of a semantic development 'follow with the eyes'; cf. Kroonen 2013:431-432; LIV² 525-526; Seebold 1970:387-388. Probably to be connected with Hitt. šākuu̯a- 'eye' in cognate set 3305.
Found in clades:
Germanic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 23 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
110   Danish se ˈseˀ
116   Dutch zien zin
112   English see siː Middle English see, Old English sǣ
104   Faroese síggja ˈsʊd̥ʒːa
117   Flemish zien
114   Frisian sjen sjɛn
122   German sehen ˈzeːən ˈzeːhən
103   Icelandic sjá ˈsjauː Removed SEA.
105   Norwegian: Bokmål se seː seː
109   Swedish se seː Removed SKADA.
121   Luxembourgish gesinn ɡəˈzin ɡəˈzin
107   Elfdalian sją̊ sjõː sjõː
108   Old Swedish sea ˈseːa seːa
123   German: Bernese gseh ɡsɛː ɡsɛː
119   Old High German sehan ˈsehan ˈsehan
113   Old Frisian siā sjaː sjaː
120   Middle High German sehen ˈsehən ˈsehən
111   Old English sēon seːo̯n seːo̯n
118   Old Saxon sehan ˈsehan ˈsehan
115   Middle Dutch sien ziə̯n ziə̯n
102   Old Icelandic sjá sjaː sjaː
101   Gothic saiƕan 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽 ˈsɛʍan ˈsɛhwan
106   Norwegian: Nynorsk sjå ʃoː ʃoː
References
  • Kroonen, Guus: 431-432
    S.v. Proto-Germanic *sehwan- 'to see', from PIE *sékʷ-e- (cf. Skt. sácate 'to follow', Gr. ἕπομαι 'id.', Lat. sequor , sequī 'id.', OIr. sechid 'id.'). "The Germanic verb corresponds to the PIE root *sekʷ- 'to follow'; apparently, the meaning shifted from 'to follow' to 'to keep an eye on'."
  • Rix, Helmut: 525-526
    S.v. 1. *sekʷ- 'sich anschließen' (IEW 986-7); Germanic forms are only questionably attached, cf. n7 often connected under the assumption of a semantic development 'see, have one's eye on' < *'follow (with one's eyes)'.
  • Seebold, Elmar: 387-388
    Cf. s.v. Gmc. *sehw-a- 'sehen'. No certain comparisons; frequently connected with the IE root *sekʷ- 'follow' under the assumption of a semantic development 'follow with the eyes'.