From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 33244
Date: 2004-06-16
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From: Fritz Saxl
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 11:48 PM
Subject: [tied] schauen
> Are OE "sceawian" and german "schauen" by any chance related to the same
PGMc root? Since they have morphological similarities and the same meaning I
thought they were in some way related to each other. Is there a PIE root for
both these words?
They _are_ cognates (cf. OHG scouwo:n and OSax. skawo:n). The OE verb meant
'watch, look at (+ regard, examine, inspect, look for, etc.)' and 'display,
exhibit' (e.g. favour or respect); the modern meaning has evolved quite a
lot since OE. The rest of Germanic has 'see, observe' as the central
meaning. The IE root is *(s)keuh1- 'notice, observe'.
Piotr