kā-

    kā-

    English meaning: to like, wish

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “gern haben, begehren”

    Material: O.Ind. kǘ yamüna- “gern habend” (ü-küyí ya- “begehrenswert” with from this i̯opresent verschlepptem-y-), perf. cakḗ ‘sich whereof gladden, lieben, lust, crave”, -küti- (in compound) “heischend, verlangend”; Av. kü- “whereupon long, want” (kayü 1. sg., küta-; čakuše); -mo-stem O.Ind. kǘ ma- m. “Begehren, wish, love”, Av. O.Pers. küma- m. “desire, wish”; kü̆ m- in O.Ind. kümá yati, particle perf. Med. cakamüná -; kamra- “reizend, beautiful”, kamana- “begierig, lascivious “; Lith. kamaros “Geilheit” and Ltv. kãmêt ‘starve”. ro-stem: Lat. cürus “lieb, wert, teuer (also of Preise)”; Goth. hors (*hōra-) “Ehebrecher, Hurer”, O.Ice. hōrr ds., hōr n. “Buhlerei, Unzucht”, O.E. hōr n. ds., O.H.G. huor n. ds., O.H.G. huora (and huorra from *hōriōn-) “Hure”, O.E. hōre, O.Ice. hōra- (*hōrōn-) ds.; Ltv. kürs “ lascivious, covetous “ (küruô t “lust, crave, long, want”); reduced grade Gaul. Carant-us, -illus etc., O.Brit. Carant-īnus, -orius, O.Ir. caraim “love”, carae “friend”; Welsh Corn. Bret. car “friend” (*kǝ-rünt-s), Welsh caraf “I love”; about (Gaul.?) caris(s)a s. WH. I 169; Toch. acc. sg. A krant, В krent “good” (= Celt. carant-). Beruht ar. kan- (O.Ind. perf. cükana, Aor. aküniṣ am, Av. čakana), can- (O.Ind. caniṣṭám; O.Ind. cánas- n. “Gefallen, Befriedigung”, Av. čanah-, činah- “desire, Heischen”) “befriedigt sein, Gefallen finden”, Av. činman- n. “Begehren, Trachten” auf a IE -(e)nes-stem k-e-nes-? The forms cani-, kani- can also secondary sein as kami-ṣyate, -tar- besides küma- (if Stokes KZ. 40, 246 with right M.Ir. cin, gen. cena “love, affection “ as *kenu- vergliche, wäre k-en- : kü-as ks-en- : kes- under likewise to beurteilen). O.Ind. cǘ ru- “pleasant, welcome, mellifluous”, cüyamüna- covetous “, nicüyya- ds., cüyú - “begehrend”, with previously ind. replacement from k through c after dem concurrent from kan- and can- (see above).

    References: WP. I 325 f., WH. I 169, 175, 885, 886, Pedersen Toch. 109, 234.