Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/kšatrám

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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]

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tk-e-tróm, from *tek- (“to obtain”).[1] Equivalent to the root of *kšáyati +‎ *-trám.

Noun[edit]

*kšatrám n

  1. kingdom, dominion, empire
  2. rule, reign

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kṣatrám
  • Proto-Iranian: *xšaθram
    • Central Iranian
    • Northeastern Iranian:
      • Proto-Scythian:
        • Khotanese: [Term?] (/⁠kṣāra⁠/)
        • Proto-Ossetic:
    • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Northwestern Iranian:

References[edit]

  1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*xšaH”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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