Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hišćáti

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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 Proto-Indo-European *h₂i-sḱé-ti, from *h₂eys- (to wish, desire, seek) +‎ *-sḱéti. Compare Proto-Slavic *jьskati.

Verb[edit]

*Hišćáti[1]

  1. to wish, desire, seek

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “eṣ”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University