From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Iranian *axšáyHnah. Cognate with Sogdian 𐼰𐼲𐼼𐼰𐼷𐼻𐼳 (ʾɣsʾynh /axsēn, əxsen/, “green”). *<span class="searchmatch">āxšīni</span> blue <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Scythian</span>: *āxšīnhwīni (“turquoise”)...
<span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Scythian</span> *<span class="searchmatch">āxšīni</span> or <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Iranian *axšáyHnah would not be expected to give a (pre-)Finnic word beginning with *s-. A Slavic origin, from <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Slavic...
Iranian: Avestan: 𐬀𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬀 (axšaēna) Northeastern Iranian: <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Scythian</span>: *<span class="searchmatch">āxšīni</span> Khotanese: [script needed] (āṣṣeina, “blue”) Ossetian: (“dark blue”)...