Proto-IE: *k'ens-
Meaning: to speak in a florid, solemn style
Old Indian: śaṁsáyati `to cause to recite, predict, foretell', śaṁsati `to recite, repeat', śastí- f., śásman- n., śastrá- n. `praise, invocation'
Avestan: sąh- `pronuntiare', sasti- `Wort, Vorschrift
Latin: cēnseō, -ēre, -uī, -sum `begutachten, schätzen, taxieren, meinen, abstimmen'; cēnsor, -ōris m. `Zensor'; cēnsus, -ūs m. `Schatzung, geschätzes Vermögen'
Other Italic: Osk censamur `censetor', censaum `censere', keenzstur, kenzsur = cēnsor, ancensto f. `non censa', censtom-en `in censum'
Russ. meaning: feierlich sprechen, autoritativ verkündigen