Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/sáȷ́ʰatay

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 *séǵʰ-e-ti (thematic root present), from *seǵʰ-. Compare the nominal form *sáȷ́ʰas (“power”).^[1]

Verb

*sáȷ́ʰatay^[2]

to overpower, be victorious

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *sáźʰatay
- Sanskrit: सह॑ते (sáhate)
  - Pali: sahati
  - Prakrit: 𑀲𑀳𑀇 (sahaï) (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) “*haźah-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 393
^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “sah”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[1] Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) “*haźah-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 393

[2] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “sah”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

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