Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ućíkš

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

Unknown; perhaps from pre-Proto-Indo-Iranian *uḱéyk-š ~ *uḱig-és, possibly borrowed from the BMAC substrate.^[1]^[2]

Noun

*ućíkš m^[1]^[2]

sacrificing priest

Inflection

consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ućíkš	*ućíǰāw	*ućíǰas
vocative	*ućíǰ	*ućíǰāw	*ućíǰas
accusative	*ućíǰam	*ućíǰāw	*ućíǰas
instrumental	*ućíǰaH	*ućígbʰyaH	*ućígbʰiš
ablative	*ućíǰas	*ućígbʰyaH	*ućígbʰyaH
dative	*ućíǰay	*ućígbʰyaH	*ućígbʰyaH
genitive	*ućíǰas	*ućíǰawš	*ućíǰām
locative	*ućíǰi	*ućíǰawš	*ućíkšu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *uśík
- Vedic Sanskrit: उशिज् (uśíj), उशिक् (uśík, nom.sg.), उशिजम् (uśíjam, acc.sg.), उशिग्भ्यस् (uśígbhyas, abl.dat.pl.)
Proto-Iranian: *ucíxš ~ *ucíǰas
- Old Avestan: 𐬎𐬯𐬌𐬑𐬱 (usixš, nom.sg.)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “uśíj-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Witzel, Michael (2003) Linguistic Evidence for Cultural Exchange in Prehistoric Western Central Asia (Sino-Platonic Papers; 129)‎^[1], Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, page 38

[IAIL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “uśíj-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[Witzel-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Witzel, Michael (2003) Linguistic Evidence for Cultural Exchange in Prehistoric Western Central Asia (Sino-Platonic Papers; 129)‎^[1], Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, page 38

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