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Reconstruction:Proto-Scythian/āxšīni

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 *axšáyHnah. Cognate with Sogdian 𐼰𐼲𐼼𐼰𐼷𐼻𐼳 (ʾɣsʾynh /⁠axsēn, əxsen⁠/, “green”).

Adjective

*āxšīni

  1. blue
  • Proto-Scythian: *āxšīnhwīni (“turquoise”)[1][2]
    • → Aramaic: [script needed] (ʾhšnẖwyn)

Derived terms
  • *āxšīnakā (“pigeon, dove”)[3] (+ *-akā)
    • Khotanese: [script needed] (āṣṣeinaka, “pigeon”)
    • Ossetian: (“dove”)
      Digor Ossetian: ӕхсинӕнгӕ (æxsinængæ)
      Iron Ossetian: ӕхсинӕнг (æxsinæng)
    • → Proto-Tocharian: *akšinaka[4][5]

Descendants
  • Khotanese: [script needed] (āṣṣeina, “blue”)
  • Ossetian: (“dark blue”)
    Digor Ossetian: ӕхсийнӕ (æxsijnæ)
    Iron Ossetian: ӕхсин (æxsin)

References
  1. Tavernier, Jan (2007) “*Axšainaxvaina-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 441: “441”
  2. Hinz, Walther (1975) “*axšainaxvaina-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 25
  3. Sadovski, Velizar (2017–2018) “Chapter VI: Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Iranian, page 575
  4. Tremblay, Xavier (2005) “Irano-Tocharica et Tocharo-Iranica”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies‎, volume 68, number 3, page 427
  5. Bailey, H. W. (1979) “āṣṣeinaka”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 12
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