Proto-Indo-European Roots

Proto-Indo-European Roots

*Root/Stem:*	*sekw-

*Meaning:*	to follow

*Cognates:*
Hellenic	Greek *hepomai* 'I follow'
Italic	Latin *sequor* 'I follow', *secundus* 'second, the following'
Celtic	Common Celtic sekw- 'to follow' > Old Irish sechur* 'I follow', Middle Irish *sechim, Welsh & Breton hep* 'without'
Indic	Sanskrit *sacate, sacati* 'he follows'
Iranian	Avestan *hac'aiti* 'he follows'
Baltic	Lithuanian *sekti* 'to follow', *seka* 'he follows', Latvian *sekt* 'to follow'

*Notes:*	This root is one of the best to demonstrate the Indo-European labiovelar *kw sound and its reflections in separate dialects. The meaning remained also quite clear and never changed.