Latin scīre has been compared with an Indo-European cutting/separating base; the exact formation and even the semantic bridge remain disputed.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
COVERAGE LEDGER ↗EDGE / 0160proposed derivationproposed
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scīre
to know
OPEN NODE 171 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Indo-European · Proto-Indo-European prehistory · cut separate discern*skei-
cut, split; proposed source of a discern > know development
OPEN NODE 172 ↗01
THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP
EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE
A proposed development moves from cutting or separating to distinguishing and then knowing.
The comparison belongs to prehistory, not a directly attested change.
Merriam-Webster Editors · de Vaan · Ernout and Meillet · American Heritage
proposed — Merriam-Webster records competing morphological analyses and calls the semantic progression questionable; Ernout and Meillet call the comparison uncertain.
reviewed
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CITATION REGISTER
SOURCES ON THIS EDGE
Science — Word HistoryEtymology notes on the prehistory of scīre
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Records the *skeh₂/*skh₂ and negative-compound analyses while emphasizing uncertainty.
Indo-European Root skei-Root skei-, section 2
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes the cutting/separating root and the proposed discern > know bridge.
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EDITORIAL REUSE
WHERE THIS CLAIM APPEARS
RELATION / 389conscience
scīre → *skei-
OPEN DOSSIER ↗RELATION / 393consciousscīre → *skei-
OPEN DOSSIER ↗RELATION / 266nesciencescīre → *skei-
OPEN DOSSIER ↗RELATION / 155nicescīre → *skei-
OPEN DOSSIER ↗RELATION / 400omniscientscīre → *skei-
OPEN DOSSIER ↗RELATION / 406prescientscīre → *skei-
OPEN DOSSIER ↗RELATION / 162sciencescīre → *skei-
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