Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćíkšati

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This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-Iranian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From earlier *ćíćkšeti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱí-ḱ(e)k-se-ti, from *ḱek- (to be able, capable).[1]

Verb[edit]

*ćíkšati[2]

  1. to learn
  2. to wish to be able

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*k̑ek(u̯)-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 322
  2. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “śikṣ”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University