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Appendix I

Indo-European Roots

ENTRY:	k^wei-
DEFINITION:	Also k^wye-. To rest, be quiet. Oldest forms k^wei₁-, k^wye₁-. Derivatives include while, coy, and requiem. I. Suffixed zero-grade form k^w-lo- (< k^wi-lo-). 1a. while, from Old English hwl, while; b. whilom, from Old English hwlum, sometimes. Both a and b from Germanic hwl. 2. Possibly Latin tranquillus,* tranquil (trns, across, beyond; see ter-²): tranquil. II. Variant form k^wy- (< k^wye-). 1. Suffixed form k^wy-t-. requiem, from Latin quis,* rest, quiet. 2. Suffixed form k^wy-ske-. coy, quiet, quit; acquiesce, acquit, quitclaim, quite, quitrent, requiescat, from Latin quiscere* (past participle quitus), to rest. (Pokorny kei- 638.)


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