Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/śćaHyáH

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 *(s)ḱeh₃ih₂.

Noun

*śćaHyáH f

shade, shadow

Declension

aH-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*śćaHyáH	*śćaHyáy	*śćaHyā́s
vocative	*śćáHyay	*śćáHyay	*śćáHyās
accusative	*śćaHyā́m	*śćaHyáy	*śćaHyā́s
instrumental	*śćaHyáH, -ayaH	*śćaHyáHbʰyā(m)	*śćaHyáHbʰiš
ablative	*śćaHyáyaHs	*śćaHyáHbʰyā(m)	*śćaHyáHbʰyas
dative	*śćaHyáyaHi	*śćaHyáHbʰyā(m)	*śćaHyáHbʰyas
genitive	*śćaHyáyaHs	*śćaHyáyHās	*śćaHyáHnaHam
locative	*śćaHyáyaH	*śćaHyáyHaw	*śćaHyáHsu

Derived terms

*aśćaHyás (+ *a-) (see there for further descendants)
*niśćaHyáH (+ *ní)
- Proto-Iranian: *nicaHyáH^[1]
  - Munji: [script needed] (nʊsīy), [script needed] (nisiy, “shadow”)
  - >? Parthian: (/⁠nisāg⁠/, “bright, splendid”, literally “shadow-less”)
    Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫏𐫘𐫀𐫃 (nysʾg), 𐫗𐫏𐫘𐫀𐫀𐫃 (nysʾʾg), 𐫗𐫘𐫀𐫃 (nsʾg)
- Proto-Nuristani: *niscāyá (“permanently shady place”)
  - Northern Nuristani:
    - Kamkata-viri:
      Kamviri: nëćé
      
      Kativiri: nićë́
  - Southern Nuristani:
    - Ashkun: nīčë́
*upaśćaHyáH (+ *upa-)
- Proto-Nuristani: *upascāyá
  - Northern Nuristani:
    - Prasuni: vućá
  - Southern Nuristani:
    - Waigali: uča

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *śćaHyáH
- Sanskrit: छाया (chāyā́) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *caHyáH (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Nuristani: *scāyiká
- Northern Nuristani:
  - Kamkata-viri:
    Kamviri: ćavẽ́
    
    Kativiri: ćavë́
- Southern Nuristani:
  - Waigali: čëkërë

References

^ Morgenstierne, Georg (1938) Iranian Pamir Languages (Indo-Iranian Frontier Languages), volume II, Oslo: Instituttet for Sammenlignende Kulturforskning; H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), page 93: “*nisāya”

[1] Morgenstierne, Georg (1938) Iranian Pamir Languages (Indo-Iranian Frontier Languages), volume II, Oslo: Instituttet for Sammenlignende Kulturforskning; H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), page 93: “*nisāya”

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