Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/kacúš
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Proto-Iranian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kaćúš. Cognate with Sanskrit कशु (kaśú), Middle Persian 𐫞𐫍𐫏𐫅 (qhyd), [Book Pahlavi needed] (kʾhyt /kāhēd/, “to diminish”).[1]
Adjective[edit]
*kacúš (comparative *kácutarah, *kácyah, superlative *kácištah)
Descendants[edit]
- Central Iranian:
- Younger Avestan: 𐬐𐬀𐬯𐬎 (kasu)
Further reading[edit]
- Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*kas4”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 247
References[edit]
- ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 333