Reconstruction:Proto-Scythian/kāśi

This Proto-Scythian 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-Scythian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *kácyah (“smaller, lesser”).

Adjective

*kāśi

1. diminished

Descendants

• Proto-Sarmatian: *kās
  • Alanic: *kas
    • ⇒ Alanic: *ægas
      • Ossetian: ӕгас (ægas)
      • → Hungarian: egész
  • ⇒? Proto-Sarmatian: *Gōdigās
    • →? Ancient Greek: Γωδιγασος (Gōdigasos)
• Proto-Saka-Wakhi: *kāśi
  • Wakhi: kaṣ̌
  • ⇒ Proto-Saka-Wakhi: *nigāśi (+ *ni-)
    • Proto-Saka: *nyāśśi
      • Khotanese: [script needed] (nyaśśa)