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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *xai[x]a-
Meaning: blind
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Gothic: *haih-s (a) `one-eyed'
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *kaik-
Meaning: blind, blind in one eye
Old Indian: kekara- `squint-eyed'
Germanic: *xai[x]-a- adj.
Latin: caecus, -a `blind, unsichtbar, dunkel, ziellos'; cacilia f. `Blindschleiche'
Celtic: OIr caech `einäugig'; Cymr coeg `vacuus, deficiens', coegdall `einäugig', OCorn cuic `luocus vel monophthalmus'; MIr leth-chaech `schielend'
Russ. meaning: слепой, одноглазый
References: WP I 328
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 814
Root: kai-ko-
English meaning: one-eyed
German meaning: `einäugig; mit nur einem geraden Auge, schielend' (im Lat. daraus `blind')
Material: Ai. kēkara- `schielend';

    lat. caecus `blind, lichtlos', air. caech `einäugig, schielend, blind', cymr. coeg `vacuus, deficiens', coegddall `einäugig', acorn. cuic `luscus vel monophthalmus', got. haihs `einäugig'; mir. leth-chaech `schielend' (*halb-einäugig);

    vielleicht hierher gr. καικίας Nordostwind' als `*der dunkle' (Güntert, Kalypso 676, vgl. aquilo : aquilus oben S. 23; dagegen Fick GGA. 1894, 238: vom Κάικος, einem Fluß der Äolis, herkommend);

    lit. kéikti `fluchen', eigentl. `bösen Blick werfen' (*kēikmi : *kaikmés).

    Wegen der Grundbed. `einäugig' vgl. *kai- `allein'.

References: WP. I 328, WH. I 129.
Pages: 519-520
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