Cognate Set 927 – Meaning: say

IE-CoR reference form:
*dei̯k̑-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Indo-European
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
Latin dīcere, from PIE 1. *dei̯k̑- 'to indicate, show' (de Vaan 2008:169-170, LIV² 108-109). For the Romance lexemes attached to this class, cf. Meyer-Lübke 1935:240.
Found in clades:
Italic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 22 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
141   Catalan dir di di
136   French dire diːʁ diʁ
129   Italian dire ˈdiːɾe ˈdire
131   Ladin dì ˈdi
144   Portuguese dizer diˈzeɾ diˈzeɾ
143   Spanish decir deˈθiɾ deˈθiɾ
137   Walloon dîre diːʁ diːʁ
124   Latin dicere ˈdiːkere ˈdiːkere dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dīctum
130   Friulian dî ˈdi ˈdiː Inf. pres., ind. pres. 2sg. disis.
146   Oscan deíkum Native script: deíkum (pres.inf., Cp 36). Latin script: deicum (pres. inf., TB 10), deicans (3.pl.subj.pres., TB 9), dicust (3.sg.fut., TB 14).
147   Umbrian deitu Native script: teitu (3.sg.imptv., IIa 26, IIb 7,25, III 9,25). Latin script: deitu (3.sg.imptv., VIb 56,63-65, VIIa 1,20,51), dersicust (3.sg.fut., VIb 63), desicurent (3.pl.fut. VIb 62).
135   Anglo-Norman dire
139   Franco-Provençal dihé ˈdʲixə ˈdixe
142   Old Spanish dezir deˈdziɾ
128   Neapolitan ricere ˈriʃəɾə ˈriʃəɾə
125   Romanian a zice a ˈzitʃe a ˈzitʃe
138   Old Occitan dire
140   Old Catalan dir di di
126   Megleno-Romanian zíţiri
127   Dalmatian: Vegliote dekro ˈdekro
145   Portuguese: Brazilian dizer
132   Milanese dì di
References
  • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm: 240
    S.v. 2628 Lat. dīcere 'sagen'.
  • Rix, Helmut: 108-109
    S.v. 1. *dei̯k̑- 'zeigen, weisen' (IEW 188-9).
  • de Vaan, Michiel: 169-170
    S.v. Lat. dīcō, -ere, from Proto-Italic *deik-e/o-, from PIE *dei̯k̑-e/o-; perf. stem dīxī from s-aorist *dei̯k̑-s-, (cf. Skt. diś- 'show', Gk. δείκνυμι 'to show', Goth. ga-teihan 'to indicate, proclaim', OHG zīhan 'to show, incriminate').