PROTO-INDO-EUROPEAN
ROOT
EXTENSIONS
• OInd. kuc-/kuñc- 'shrink', 'curl' (Whitney 1885: 19); 'sound high', 'utter a shrill cry' (as a bird); 'polish'; 'go'; 'connect', 'mix'; 'bend', 'make curved'; 'be curved', 'be crooked'; 'oppose', 'impede'; 'mark with lines', 'write', 'contract'; 'be small', 'make small' (MW: 287)
References
MW = Monier-Williams, M. 1899. A Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Clarendon Press.