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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/cáyuš

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 *ćáyuš, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéy-u-s, from *ḱey- (“to be lying down; to settle”) +‎ *-us.

Noun

*cáyuš m

  1. orphan

Derived terms
  • *cáyučarah[1]
    • Sanglechi: [script needed] (saγēr)
    • Proto-Scythian:
      • Ossetian: сидзӕр (siʒær)
      • Wakhi: səɣira
    • Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami-Munji: *sæɣīr
      • Proto-Munji-Yidgha: *saɣīr
        • Munji: [script needed] (saɣīr)
        • Yidgha: [script needed] (səɣīr)
      • Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami: *sæɣīr
        • Shughni: сағӣр (saɣīr)
        • Yazghulami: сағера (saɣera), сағир (saɣir)
    • Sogdian: 𐫘𐫡𐫀𐫐 (srʾk)

Descendants
  • Central Iranian:
    • Younger Avestan: 𐬯𐬀𐬉 (saē)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Proto-Saka: *saywä[2][3]
      • Khotanese: [script needed] (syūtä) (< earlier *syūvä)
    • Sogdian: [Syriac needed] (sywq)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Northern Kurdish: sêwî, sîwî
    • Parthian: 𐫘𐫏𐫇𐫃 (sywg), 𐫘𐫏𐫏𐫇𐫃 (syywg /⁠sēwag⁠/)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Middle Persian: 𐫘𐫙𐫏𐫇𐫃𐫀𐫗 pl (sʿywgʾn /⁠sēwagan⁠/)

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “śayú-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  2. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “śayú-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag
  3. Bailey, H. W. (1979) “syūtä”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 437b
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