Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/caHyáH

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.

Proto-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *śćaHyáH.

Noun

*caHyáH f^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

shade, shadow
shelter, protection

Inflection

aH-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*caHyáH	*caHyáy	*caHyā́h
vocative	*cáHyay	*cáHyay	*cáHyāh
accusative	*caHyā́m	*caHyáy	*caHyā́h
instrumental	*caHyáH, -ayaH	*caHyáHbʰyā(m)	*caHyáHbʰiš
ablative	*caHyáyaHh	*caHyáHbʰyā(m)	*caHyáHbʰyah
dative	*caHyáyaHi	*caHyáHbʰyā(m)	*caHyáHbʰyah
genitive	*caHyáyaHh	*caHyáyHāh	*caHyáHnaHam
locative	*caHyáyaH	*caHyáyHaw	*caHyáHhu

Related terms

*acaHyáh
*nicaHyáH

Derived terms

*caHyā́kaH

Descendants

→ Proto-Finnic: *sooja (“shelter”)
- Finnish: suoja
- Ingrian: sooja
- Karelian:
  - North Karelian: šuoja
  - South Karelian: šuoja
- Livvi: suoju
- →? Proto-Samic: *suojē (see there for further descendants)
→ Proto-Permic: *saj
- Komi-Permyak: сайӧ (sajö)
- Komi-Zyrian: сай (saj)
  - Khanty:
    - → Eastern Khanty: сӓй (säj)
    - → Northern Khanty: сай (saj)
  - Mansi:
    - → Northern Mansi: сай (saj)
- Udmurt: сай (saj)

References

^ de Vaan, Michiel (2003) Beekes, R.S.P., Lubotsky, A., Weitenberg, J.J.S., editors, The Avestan Vowels (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 12), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 118: “OIr. *sāyā(ka) ‘shade’”
^ Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎^[1], Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 106: “*aʦā̆i̯ā-kā-”
^ Kim, Ronald (2003) “On the historical phonology of Ossetic: the origin of the oblique case suffix”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society‎^[2], volume 123, number 1, →DOI, page 53: “*sāyākā- ← PIr. *sāyā”
^ Efimov, Valentin Aleksandrovič (2011) The Ormuri Language in Past and Present (FLI Language and Culture Series)‎^[3], volume 6, Islamabad: Forum for Language Initiatives, page 299: “< Ir. *sāyā́ fem. + (> *sā́yāka with metathesis of *y)”

[1] Vaan, Michiel (2003) Beekes, R.S.P., Lubotsky, A., Weitenberg, J.J.S., editors, The Avestan Vowels (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 12), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 118: “OIr. *sāyā(ka) ‘shade’”

[2] Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎^[1], Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 106: “*aʦā̆i̯ā-kā-”

[3] Kim, Ronald (2003) “On the historical phonology of Ossetic: the origin of the oblique case suffix”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society‎^[2], volume 123, number 1, →DOI, page 53: “*sāyākā- ← PIr. *sāyā”

[4] Efimov, Valentin Aleksandrovič (2011) The Ormuri Language in Past and Present (FLI Language and Culture Series)‎^[3], volume 6, Islamabad: Forum for Language Initiatives, page 299: “< Ir. *sāyā́ fem. + (> *sā́yāka with metathesis of *y)”

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