Reconstruction:Proto-Scythian/tiǧdi

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 *tixtáh, from Proto-Iranian *tiktás, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tig-tó-s, from *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp”) +‎ *-tós. Cognate with Yidgha [script needed] (taγd), Sarikoli tēid (“sharp”), Sanskrit तिक्त (tiktá, “bitter”).

Adjective

*tiǧdi

1. sharp

Descendants

• Proto-Sarmatian: *ćiǧd
  • Alanic: *ciǧd
    • Ossetian:

      Digor Ossetian: цигъд (ciǧd)

      Iron Ossetian: цыхт (cyxt)

    • → Hungarian: sajt
• Proto-Saka-Wakhi: *tiǧdi
  • Wakhi: təɣ̌d