- ais-1
- ais-1English meaning: to wish for, search forDeutsche Übersetzung: “wũnschen, begehren, aufsuchen”Note: The Root ais-1 : “to wish for, search for” is a truncated root of ai-ska. The formant -ska is a common Germanic suffix added to Root ai-2 : “to drive, to overwhelm, harm”Material: O.Ind. ḗšati “looks”, ēṣ̌ á -ḥ m. “ wish, choice “, anv-iṣ̌ á ti “ looks for = Av. išaiti “ wishes “, O.Ind. iccháti (*is-sk̂ō) “ looks, wishes “ = Av. isaiti ds., O.Ind. icchü “ wish “, iš ̣ (2. compound part) “ searching, striving after “ = Av. iš ds., f. “ Wish, the object of the wish “, O.Ind. iṣ̌ ta- “ desiredly “ ī̆ṣ̌má- m. “ Love God “; Arm. aic ̣ (*ais-sk̂ü) “investigation”; Umbr. eiscurent (Bugge KZ. 30, 40) “they will have caused to come, called, sent for, invited, summoned, fetched “ (probably as *eh-iscurent “ they will have driven out, pushed forth, thrusted out, taken out, expelled “); Maybe zero form in Alb. (*assa-) shanj “curse, blame”. Lat. aeruscüre “to beg, to get money by going about and exhibiting tricks of legerdemain, to play the juggler “ as *aisos-k̂o- “demanding “ to Av. Imp. išasü “longs for” (-esk̂o- besides - sk̂o-: isaiti “wishes”); O.H.G. eiscōn “ research, ask, demand, (Ger. heischen “demand” with h after heissen “hot”), O.S. ēscōn, ēscian “demand”, O.E. üscian, üxian “ try, demand, ask”, O.H.G. eisca “demand”, O.E. æsce f. “investigation”; in Balt-Slav. with non-palatal k of the present suffix-skō (towards ar. Arm. -sk̂-), what is not to be explained by borrowing from the Gmc.; Lith. íeškau, ieškó ti “look”, Ltv. iẽskât “ to delouse “, O.C.S. iskǫ (and ištǫ ), iskati “look”, iska “wish”.References: WP. I 12, WH. 19, Trautmann 67.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.