Reconstruction:Proto-Scythian/āxšīni
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This Proto-Scythian 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-Scythian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Iranian *axšáyHnah. Cognate with Sogdian 𐼰𐼲𐼼𐼰𐼷𐼻𐼳 (ʾɣsʾynh /axsēn, əxsen/, “green”).
Adjective[edit]
*āxšīni
Related terms[edit]
- Proto-Scythian: *āxšīnhwīni (“turquoise”)[1][2]
- → Aramaic: [script needed] (ʾhšnẖwyn)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Khotanese: [script needed] (āṣṣeina, “blue”)
- Ossetian: (“dark blue”)
References[edit]
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “*Axšainaxvaina-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 441: “441”
- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*axšainaxvaina-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 25
- ^ Sadovski, Velizar (2017–2018) “Chapter VI: Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Iranian, page 575
- ^ Tremblay, Xavier (2005) “Irano-Tocharica et Tocharo-Iranica”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies[2], volume 68, number 3, page 427
- ^ Bailey, H. W. (1979) “āṣṣeinaka”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 12