Reconstruction:Proto-Scythian/Skuδa

This Proto-Scythian 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-Scythian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Skudah, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to propel, shoot”).^[1]

Proper noun

*Skuδa

Scythian

Descendants

From singular *Skuδa:
- Sogdian: *Sukuδa
  - → Old Persian: 𐎿𐎢𐎦𐎢𐎭 (s-u-gu-u-d /⁠Sugᵘda⁠/) (see there for further descendants)
- Old Median: *Skuδah
  - ⇒ Old Persian: 𐎿𐎤𐎢𐎭𐎼 (s-ku-u-d-r /⁠Skudra⁠/) (see there for further descendants)
- → Akkadian: 𒅖𒆪𒍝𒀀𒀀 (/⁠Iškuzaya⁠/)
  - → Hebrew: אַשְׁכְּנַז (/⁠ʾAškənāz⁠/)
- → Ancient Greek: Σκύθης (Skúthēs) (see there for further descendants)

From Late Proto-Scythian: *Skula
- → Ancient Greek: Σκόλοτοι (Skólotoi), Σκύλης (Skúlēs)

References

^ Szemerényi, Oswald (1980) Four old Iranian ethnic names: Scythian – Skudra – Sogdian – Saka‎^[1], Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, →ISBN, pages 5-23

[1] Szemerényi, Oswald (1980) Four old Iranian ethnic names: Scythian – Skudra – Sogdian – Saka‎^[1], Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, →ISBN, pages 5-23

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