k̂ekʷ-

    k̂ekʷ-

    English meaning: to defecate

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “cacare”

    Material: O.Ind. śákr̥t n. gen. śaknáḥ n. “crap, muck” ; compare chagaṇa- n. ds.; Gk. κόπρος “crap, muck, manure, smut”; Lith. šikù , šì kti “defecate”. Perhaps here also O.Ir. cechor f. Gl. “palus” (*k̂ekurü), M.Ir. cechair ‘slime, mud, ordure” (if “leibliche Ausscheidung” die original meaning is).

    References: WP. I 381, Benveniste Origines 9.

    See also: See still *kakka- “defecate”.