Comparative evidence

h₂ei̯s

• Lat. quaesō -ere ‘try to obtain’, ‘seek’, ‘ask for’, ‘pray for’, ‘request’ (OLD: 1534)

• Lat. quaerō -ere ‘try to find’, ‘search for’, ‘hunt for’, ‘seek’, ‘require’, ‘acquire’, ‘earn’, ‘examine’, ‘investigate’ (OLD: 1533)

References

OLD = Glare, P. G. W. 1968. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.