Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/xšaytah

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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

Etymology

Unknown.

Adjective

*xšaytah[1]

  1. bright, shining

Derived terms

  • *huHarxšaytah
  • *Xšaytah[2]
    • Late Old Persian: *Xšētah
      • Middle Persian: *Šēd
        • → Achaemenid Elamite: (šá-a-da), (še-ud-da)
      • → Late Babylonian: (áḫ-še-ti-iʾ)

Descendants

  • Eastern Iranian:
  • Northeastern Iranian:
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Northern Kurdish: şê (“word denoting the coloring of horses”)
    • → Old Armenian: աշխէտ (ašxēt, “(of a horse) reddish”)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Middle Persian: (šyt' /⁠šēd⁠/, “bright; sorrel (horse)”)
      • Persian: شید (“splendid, brilliant”)

References

  1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2002) Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN, page 441: “PIr. *xsaita-”
  2. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*xšaita-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 134
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