Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/sáktʰi

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 *sokʷtHis.

Noun

*sáktʰi n

  1. (anatomy) thigh

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *sáktʰi
    • Sanskrit: सक्थन् (sakthán) (nom. sg. सक्थि (sákthi))[1]
      • Pali: satthi
      • Sauraseni Prakrit:
        • Hindi: साँथल (sā̃thal) (archaic)
  • Proto-Iranian: *háxtiš (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Nuristani: *satti
    • Southern Nuristani:
      • Ashkun:
        Sanu: sot
      • Waigali:
        Nisheigram: sot

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sakthán”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press