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Number: 1076
Root: ku̯oi-, ku̯ī-
English meaning: to wish for; to invite
German meaning: `wollen, einladen'
Material: Ai. kēta- m. `Wille, Begierde, Absicht, Aufforderung, Einladung', kētana- n. `Aufforderung, Einladung';

    gr. κοι̃ται γυναικω̃ν ἐπιθυμίαι (?) Hes., zweifelhaft auch κίσσα, att. κίττα (*κιτι̯α) `krankhaftes Gelüst schwangerer Frauen';

    apr. quāits `Wille', quoi `er will', quoitīt `wollen', lit. kviečiù, kviẽsti `einladen'.

References: WP. I 475 f., WH. I 714, Trautmann 146 f.
Pages: 632
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *kwey-
Meaning: to want, to invite
Old Greek: kói̯tǟ f. 'of sexual connexion; lasciviousness': kóitē spérmatos LXX, kóɨṭēn ékhein ek... 'to become pregnant by a man' Ep.Rom.; kissáō, att. kittáō 'to crave for strange food, of pregnant women', kíssă '"longing" of pregnant women, craving for starnge food'
Baltic: *kweĩ-t- vb. tr., *kwaĩ-t-[a]- ǯ., *kwaĩ-t-ā̂, -iā̃ f., *kwai= vb., *kwai-t-ī̂- vb.
Latin: invītus, -a `wider Willen, ungern', invitāre `bewirten'
Russ. meaning: хотеть, приглашать
References: WP I 475 f (differently in Pok.)
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *kweĩ-t- vb. tr., *kwaĩ-t-[a]- m., *kwaĩ-t-ā̂, -iā̃ f., *kwai= vb., *kwai-t-ī̂- vb.
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Lithuanian: kviẽsti (kviẽčia) `einladen, (vor Gericht) vorladen, herbitten, auffordern'
Lettish: kviest (-šu), ìekviest 'einladen' (Nieden)
Old Prussian: quāits `Wille', quoitā, -ē `will', quoi 'ich, du will(st)', { quoitīt `wollen' }
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