kʷsep- (?) (*ĝʷhsep-)

    kʷsep- (?) (*ĝʷhsep-)

    English meaning: dark

    Deutsche Übersetzung: and einigermaßen anklingende words for “Dunkel”

    Material: O.Ind. kṣáp, kṣapǘ “night”, Av. xšap- “darkness”; common O.Ind. ĝh- > kṣ- : O.Pers. ĝh- > xš- : Pers. xš- > š- phonetic mutation Gk. ψέφας, ψέφος n. “ darkness”, ψεφαρός, ψεφηνός “dark”; κνέφας “ darkness”; Maybe Alb.Gheg mshef, Tosc fsheh “hide (in the dark)” common O.Ind. ĝh- > kṣ- : Alb. kʷh- > ph- > f- phonetic mutation δνόφος “ darkness “, later γνόφος ds., Hom. δνοφερός “dark”, ἰοδνεφής “dunkelviolett”; ζόφος “ darkness”, ζοφερός “dark”. common O.Ind. ĝh- > kṣ- : Illyr.-Alb. - Hom. ĝh- > d-, z- phonetic mutation Der wechselnde Gk. anlaut based on auf taboo -Vorstellungen.

    References: WP. I 524 f., WH. I 289, Specht IE Decl. 11.