Comparative evidence

2.kʷei̯

• OInd. ci- 'gather' (Whitney 1885: 46); 'arrange in order', 'heap up', 'pile up', 'construct'; 'collect', 'accumulate'; 'search through'; 'cover', 'inlay' (MW: 394)

References

MW = Monier-Williams, M. 1899. A Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Clarendon Press.
Whitney 1885 = Whitney W. D. 1885. The roots, verb forms and primary derivatives of the Sanskrit language. A supplement to his Sanskrit grammar. Leipzig.