Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/sasás

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 earlier *sHasás, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₁es-ó-s, from *seh₁- (“to sow”).

Noun

*sasás m

1. corn, herb, grass

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sasás	*sasā́	*sasā́, -ā́s(as)
vocative	*sasa	*sasā́	*sasā́, -ā́s(as)
accusative	*sasám	*sasā́	*sasā́ns
instrumental	*sasā́	*sasáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*sasā́yš
ablative	*sasā́t	*sasáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*sasáybʰyas
dative	*sasā́y	*sasáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*sasáybʰyas
genitive	*sasásya	*sasáyās	*sasā́na(H)m
locative	*sasáy	*sasáyaw	*sasáyšu

Derived terms

• *sasyás (“crop, grain, fruit”)
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *sasyás
    • Sanskrit: सस्य (sasyá)
  • Proto-Iranian: *hahyáh
    • Younger Avestan: 𐬵𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬌𐬀 (hahiia)
      • ⇒ Younger Avestan: 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬱⸱𐬵𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬌𐬀 (paⁱtiš.hahiia, “harvest festival”)
    • Middle Persian:

      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾḤ /⁠hah⁠/, “pertaining to grain, harvest”)

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *sasás
  • Sanskrit: सस (sasá)
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: সাহ (xah, “crops”)
      • Odia: ସସ (sasa, “kernel”)