Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/xšaytah

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

Unknown.

Adjective

*xšaytah

1. bright, shining

Derived terms

• *huHarxšaytah
• *Xšaytah
  • Late Old Persian: *Xšētah
    • Middle Persian: *Šēd
      • → Achaemenid Elamite: [script needed] (šá-a-da), [script needed] (še-ud-da)
    • → Late Babylonian: [script needed] (áḫ-še-ti-iʾ)

Descendants

• Eastern Iranian:
  • Avestan: 𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀 m (xšaēta), 𐬑𐬱𐬋𐬌𐬚𐬥𐬍 f (xšōiθnī, “glowing, radiant”)
• Northeastern Iranian:
  • Ossetian: (“dawn; glow”)

    Digor Ossetian: ӕхсед (æxsed)

    Iron Ossetian: ӕхсид (æxsid)

• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Northern Kurdish: şê (“word denoting the coloring of horses”)
  • → Old Armenian: աշխէտ (ašxēt, “(of a horse) reddish”)
• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (šyt' /⁠šēd⁠/, “bright; sorrel (horse)”)
    • Persian: شید (“splendid, brilliant”)