Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/náćyati

This Proto-Indo-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-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *néḱ-ye-ti, from *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”) +‎ *-yeti (ye-present suffix).

Verb

*náćyati

to perish, be lost
to disappear

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *náśyati
- Sanskrit: नश्यति (náśyati) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *nácyati^[1]
- Central Iranian:
  - Younger Avestan: 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (nasiieⁱti)
- Northwestern Iranic:
  - Northern Kurdish: binisîn (“to perish”)
- Southwestern Iranian:
  - Old Persian:
    - Middle Persian: wnʾsytn' (wināhīdan, “to spoil, damage, destroy”)^[2]

References

^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*nas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 282
^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “wināhīdan, wināh-”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

[1] Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*nas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 282

[2] MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “wināhīdan, wināh-”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

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