ðɪs fˈɔːɹm wɪðˌɪn lˈeɪt pɹˈoʊɾoʊˈɪndoʊjˌʊɹɹəpˈiən ɪtsˈɛlf wʌz pˈɑːsᵻbli æmbˈɪɡjuːəs, ænd θˈɔːt tə dᵻɹˈaɪv fɹʌm ɐ ɹˈuːt ˈæstɚɹˌɪsk "tə pˈoːɹ, lˈɪbeɪt" ðɪ aɪdˈiə sɚvˈaɪvz ɪnðə dˈʌtʃ wˈɜːd , mˈiːnɪŋ "pˈoːɹ"sˈænskɹɪt , sˈiː, ɔːɹ fɹʌm ɐ ɹˈuːt ˈæstɚɹˌɪsk ˈæstɚɹˌɪsk "tə kˈɔːl, tʊ ɪnvˈoʊk" sˈænskɹɪt.
This form within (late) Proto-Indo-European itself was possibly ambiguous, and thought to derive from a root * "to pour, libate" (the idea survives in the Dutch word , meaning "pour") (Sanskrit , see ), or from a root * (*) "to call, to invoke" (Sanskrit ).