Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/cáčati

This Proto-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.
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Proto-Iranian

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćáčati, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱék-e-ti, from *ḱek- (“to be able, capable”) +‎ *-eti.

    Verb

    *cáčati

    1. to be prepared, fit, ready

    Descendants

    • Northeastern Iranian:
      • Bactrian: σαχσ- (sakhs-, “to be assessed”) (< *saxsa-[1])
      • Ossetian: (“to get stuck in”)
        Digor Ossetian: сӕдзун (sæʒun)
        Iron Ossetian: сӕдзын (sæʒyn)
    • Northwestern Iranian:
      • Parthian: (“to be prepared, fitting, ready”)
        Manichaean script: 𐫘𐫝𐫏𐫅 (scyd /⁠sajēd⁠/)
    • Southwestern Iranian:
      • Middle Persian: (/⁠sazēd⁠/, “to be fitting, becoming, necessary”)
        Manichaean script: 𐫘𐫉𐫏𐫅 (szyd)
        Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (scyt)
        • Classical Persian: سزد (sazad, “it is fitting”)

    References

    1. ^ Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2007) Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan II. Letters and Buddhist texts (Studies in the Khalili Collection III, Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum II; II), Oxford: Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University Press, page 263
    • Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*sač¹”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 323
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