Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/caHsti

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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 Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćáHsti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéh₁s-ti, from *ḱeh₁s- (to proclaim, point out, instruct) +‎ *-ti (athematic present verb suffix).[1] Cognate with Sanskrit शास्ति (śā́sti, to teach, instruct, command), Tocharian A kāṣ- (to call names), Albanian them (I say).

Verb[edit]

*caHsti[2]

  1. to teach, instruct

Descendants[edit]

  • Avestan: 𐬯𐬁𐬯𐬙𐬍 (sāstī, to teach, instruct)
  • Old Persian: 𐎰̄𐎫𐎹 (θ̄t-y /⁠θātiy⁠/, to say)
Unsorted formations

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 318f
  2. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 326
  3. ^ Асатрян, Г. С. (2013) “Парфянское gōsān [Parthian gōsān]”, in С. Р. Тохтасьев, П. Б. Лурье, editors, Commentationes Iranicae. Сборник статей к 90-летию Владимира Ароновича Лившица[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Nestor-Istoriya, →ISBN, page 104 of 102–105