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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/kacúš

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 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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kaćúš. Cognate with Sanskrit कशु (kaśú), Middle Persian 𐫞𐫍𐫏𐫅 (qhyd), [Book Pahlavi needed] (kʾhyt /⁠kāhēd⁠/, “to diminish”).[1]

Adjective

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*kacúš (comparative *kácutarah, *kácyah, superlative *kácištah)

  1. small
  2. less

Descendants

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  • Central Iranian:
    • Younger Avestan: 𐬐𐬀𐬯𐬎 (kasu)

Further reading

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  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*kas4”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 247

References

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  1. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 333
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