Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/HaHcúkah

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This Proto-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-Iranian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From *HaHcúš (fast, quick) +‎ *-kah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HaHćúš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁o-h₁ḱ-ú-s.[1][2] Cognate with Sanskrit आशु (āśú, fast, quick), Ancient Greek ὠκύς (ōkús, fast, swiff), Latin ōcior (swifter), Proto-Celtic *dīākos (lazy, unswift) (whence Old Welsh diauc).[3][4]

Noun[edit]

*HaHcúkah[5][6][1][2]

  1. deer, gazelle, chamois

Inflection[edit]

masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *HaHcúkah *HaHcúkā *HaHcúkā
vocative *HaHcúka *HaHcúkā *HaHcúkā
accusative *HaHcúkam *HaHcúkā *HaHcúkānh
instrumental *HaHcúkā *HaHcúkaybyaH *HaHcúkāyš
ablative *HaHcúkāt *HaHcúkaybyaH *HaHcúkaybyah
dative *HaHcúkāy *HaHcúkaybyaH *HaHcúkaybyah
genitive *HaHcúkahya *HaHcúkayāh *HaHcúkānam
locative *HaHcúkay *HaHcúkayaw *HaHcúkayšu

Descendants[edit]

  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Proto-Saka-Wakhi:
      • Khotanese: [script needed] (āskä, deer)
      • Wakhi: [script needed] (yukṣ̌, mountain-goat) (< earlier *yušk[5])
        • Khwarezmian: [script needed] (hʾkš)
        • Sarikoli: [script needed] (yax̌, wild goat)
    • Sogdo-Bactrian:
      • Khwarezmian: [script needed] (ʾsk, antelope), [script needed] (ʾskʾn, hind)
      • Sogdian: [script needed] (ʾʾsʾwkʾ /⁠āsūk⁠/, gazelle)
  • Southeastern Iranian:
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Baluchi: [script needed] (āsk)
    • Kurdish:
      Central Kurdish: ئاسک (ask, gazelle)
      Northern Kurdish: ask (gazelle)
    • Proto-Zaza-Gorani:
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Old Persian: [script needed] (*āθuka, gazelle, chamois)
      • Middle Persian: (/⁠āhūk/, /āhūg⁠/)
        Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫍𐫇𐫃 (ʾhwg), 𐫀𐫀𐫍𐫇𐫃 (ʾʾhwg)
        Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾhwkʾ)
        • Bakhtiari: [script needed] (ā̊hī)
        • Classical Persian: آهو (āhū)

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “āśú-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  2. 2.0 2.1 Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “*āśu-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 179-180
  3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page ὠκύς of 1677-1678
  4. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ōcior”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 424
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) “*āśu-ka-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 315-316
  6. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*āçauka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[2] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 21