Indo-European etymology : List with all references

Proto-IE: *k(')ul- (CI)

Meaning: gnat, fly

Latin: culex, -icis m. `Mücke, Schnake, Gallwespe'

Celtic: OIr cuil `culex'; Cymr cylionen `culex, musca', Corn kelionen `musca', Bret quelyenenn `musca'

Russ. meaning: насекомое (комар, муха)

References: WP I 33, 436, 465

Number: 1057

Root: k̂ū-

English meaning: sharp; pike

German meaning: `spitz, Spieß'

Material: Ai. śū-la- m. n. `Spieß, spitzer Pfahl; stechender Schmerz', arm. slak` (aus *sulak`) `Spieß, Dolch, Pfeil', air. cuil `culex', cymr. cylion-en ds., lat. culex `Mücke';

ai. śū-ka- m. n. `Stachel eines Insekts, Granne des Getreides', av. sū-kā- f. `Nadel', np. sōzan `Nadel', sōk `Ähre, Granne'; zweifelhaft prākr. osukkai `wetzt, schärft';

lat. cuneus `Keil' (auf Grund von k̂u-no- `Spitze').

References: WP. I 465, WH. I 302 f., 308.

Pages: 626-627

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