Proto-Indo-European root, the stem of demonstrative pronoun meaning "this."
It forms all or part of: cis-; et cetera; harass; he; hence; her; here; him; his; hither; it.
It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Greek ekeinos "that person;" Latin cis "on this side," citra (adv.) "on this side;" Old Church Slavonic si, Lithuanian is, Hittite ki "this;" Old English hider, Gothic hidre "hither."