Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćíkšati

This Proto-Indo-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-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

    From earlier *ćíćkšeti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱí-ḱₔk-se-ti, from *ḱek- (“to be able, capable”).[1]. Compare शक्नोति (śaknoti).

    Verb

    *ćíkšati[2]

    1. to learn
    2. to wish to be able

    Inflection

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    Descendants

    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *śíkṣati
    • Proto-Iranian: *cíxšati
      • Younger Avestan: 𐬯𐬌𐬑𐬱𐬆𐬨𐬥𐬀 (sixšəmna, “learned”, ptc.pres.med.), 𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬌 (asixšaṇti, “not learning”, ptc.pres.act.(neg.)), 𐬯𐬌𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀 (sixšaiia), 𐬯𐬌𐬑𐬱𐬌𐬌𐬀 (sixšiia, “to be learned”, gerundive)

    References

    1. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*k̑ek(u̯)-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 322
    2. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “śikṣ”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
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