Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hišćáti

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 *h₂i-sḱé-ti, from *h₂eys- (“to wish, desire, seek”) +‎ *-sḱéti. Compare Proto-Slavic *jьskati.

Verb

*Hišćáti^[1]

to wish, desire, seek

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hiśćáti
- Sanskrit: इच्छति (iccháti)
  - Pali: icchati
  - Prakrit: 𑀇𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀇 (icchaï, “wants”) (collides with descendant of ईप्सति (īpsati, “desires to obtain”) in the sense "desires to obtain", from the root आप् (āp, “to obtain”))
    - Central Indo-Aryan:
      - Old Hindi: ईछना (īchanā)
        Hindi: ईछना (īchnā)
        → Hindi: इच्छना (icchanā) (semi-learned)
    - Western Indo-Aryan:
      - Old Gujarati: ईछइ (īchai)
        Gujarati: ઇછવું (ichavũ)
        → Gujarati: ઇચ્છવું (icchavũ) (semi-learned)
Proto-Iranian: *Hišáti
- Avestan: 𐬌𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (isaⁱti)
→? Proto-Finnic: *iso (see there for further descendants)
→ Pre-Finnic?: *iša
- Proto-Finnic: *iha
  - Finnish: ihana, ihailla, ihastua, ihanne
  - Estonian: iha

References

^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “eṣ”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[1] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “eṣ”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

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