Proto-IE: *sek-, *sisk-
Meaning: to dry up, to shallow
Old Indian: á-sakra-, á-saścát- `not seasing to flow or drying up', vi-ṣaktā `said of a cow that has ceased to give milk'
Avestan: hišku-, hiškva- `trocken', fem. hiškvī
Old Greek: iskhnó- `trocken, dürr, schmächtig, mager'
Celtic: *sisk-, *siskw-, *samo-siskwī > MIr sesc `trocken, unfruchtbar', seiscen `Sumpf, Moor', samaise `junge Kuh, zweijährige Färse'; Cymr hysp `trocken, unfruchtbar', Corn beuch heskyz `a dry cow'
Russ. meaning: иссякать, мелеть
