Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/xšaytah

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

Unknown.

Adjective

*xšaytah^[1]

bright, shining

Derived terms

*huHarxšaytah
*Xšaytah^[2]
- Late Old Persian: *Xšētah
  - Middle Persian: *Šēd
    - → Achaemenid Elamite: 𒐼𒀀𒆪 (šá-a-da /⁠šada⁠/), 𒊺𒌓𒆪 (še-ud-da /⁠šeuda⁠/)
  - → Late Babylonian: 𒋀𒊺𒋾𒀪 (áḫ-še-ti-iʾ /⁠aḫšetiʾ⁠/)

Descendants

Eastern Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀 m (xšaēta), 𐬑𐬱𐬋𐬌𐬚𐬥𐬍 f (xšōiθnī, “glowing, radiant”)
Northeastern Iranian:
- Ossetian: (“dawn; glow”)
  Digor Ossetian: ӕхсед (æxsed)
  
  Iron Ossetian: ӕхсид (æxsid)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Northern Kurdish: şê (“word denoting the coloring of horses”)
- → Old Armenian: աշխէտ (ašxēt, “(of a horse) reddish”)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (šyt' /⁠šēd⁠/, “bright; sorrel (horse)”)
  - Persian: شید (“splendid, brilliant”)

References

^ Cheung, Johnny (2002) Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN, page 441: “PIr. *xsaita-”
^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*xšaita-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 134

[1] Cheung, Johnny (2002) Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN, page 441: “PIr. *xsaita-”

[2] Hinz, Walther (1975) “*xšaita-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 134

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