Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/náćyati

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 *néḱ-ye-ti, from *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”) +‎ *-yeti (ye-present suffix).

    Verb

    *náćyati

    1. to perish, be lost
    2. to disappear

    Descendants

    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *náśyati
    • Proto-Iranian: *nácyati[1]
      • Central Iranian:
        • Younger Avestan: 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (nasiieiti)
      • Northwestern Iranic:
        • Northern Kurdish: binisîn (“to perish”)
      • Southwestern Iranian:
        • Old Persian:
          • Middle Persian: wnʾsytn' (wināhīdan, “to spoil, damage, destroy”)[2]

    References

    1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*nas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 282
    2. ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “wināhīdan, wināh-”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
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