Reconstruction:Proto-Scythian/J̌īwaki

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Proto-Scythian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *ǰíHwakah. Equivalent to *ǰīwi (“alive, living”) +‎ *-ki (hypocoristic suffix). Cognate with Old Persian *Jīvakah and Sanskrit जीवक (jīvaka).[1]

Proper noun

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*J̌īwaki (/J̌īvaka/)

  1. a male given name

Descendants

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  • → Ancient Greek: Ζευάκος (Zeuákos)
    • Greek: Ζευάκος (Zevákos)
    • → Latin: Zeuacus

References

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  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.902. *Jīvaka-”, 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 221
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