Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/čáćšma

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 Proto-Indo-European *kʷéḱ-s-mn̥ ~ *kʷḱ-s-mén-, from *kʷeḱ- (to see, look).

Noun

*čáćšma n[1]

  1. eye
  2. sight

Inflection

neuter consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *čáćšma *čáćšmaniH *čáćšmān
vocative *čáćšma *čáćšmaniH *čáćšmān
accusative *čáćšma *čáćšmaniH *čáćšmān
instrumental *čáćšmanaH *čáćšmabʰyā(m) *čáćšmabʰiš
ablative *čáćšmans *čáćšmabʰyā(m) *čáćšmabʰyaH
dative *čáćšmanay *čáćšmabʰyā(m) *čáćšmabʰyaH
genitive *čáćšmans *čáćšmanHās *čáćšmanaHam
locative *čáćšman(i) *čáćšmanHaw *čáćšmasu

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ćáṭṣma
    • Vedic Sanskrit: चाक्ष्म (cākṣmá, seer) < *चक्ष्मन् (cákṣman)[2]
  • Proto-Iranian: *čášma (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 238–240
  2. ^ Čong (Cheung), Dž. (2009) T. K. Salbijeva, transl., Očerki istoričeskovo razvitija osetinskovo vokalizma [Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism] (in Russian), Vladikavkaz: Izdatelʹsko-poligrafičeskoje predprijatije im. V. Gassijeva, →ISBN, pages 245–246