Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/caHsti

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćáHsti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéh₁s-ti, from *ḱeh₁s- (“to proclaim, point out, instruct”) +‎ *-ti (athematic present verb suffix).^[1] Cognate with Sanskrit शास्ति (śā́sti, “to teach, instruct, command”), Tocharian A kāṣ- (“to call names”), Albanian them (“I say”).

Verb

*caHsti^[2]

to teach, instruct

Descendants

Avestan: 𐬯𐬁𐬯𐬙𐬍 (sāstī, “to teach, instruct”)
Old Persian: 𐎰̄𐎫𐎹 (θ̄t-y /⁠θātiy⁠/, “to say”)

Unsorted formations

Parthian: 𐫃𐫇𐫘𐫀𐫗 (gwsʾn /⁠gōsān⁠/) (possibly influenced)^[3]

References

^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 318f
^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 326
^ Асатрян, Г. С. (2013) “Парфянское gōsān [Parthian gōsān]”, in С. Р. Тохтасьев, П. Б. Лурье, editors, Commentationes Iranicae. Сборник статей к 90-летию Владимира Ароновича Лившица‎^[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Nestor-Istoriya, →ISBN, page 104 of 102–105

[1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 318f

[2] Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 326

[3] Асатрян, Г. С. (2013) “Парфянское gōsān [Parthian gōsān]”, in С. Р. Тохтасьев, П. Б. Лурье, editors, Commentationes Iranicae. Сборник статей к 90-летию Владимира Ароновича Лившица‎^[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Nestor-Istoriya, →ISBN, page 104 of 102–105

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