Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/sákʰā

This Proto-Indo-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-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sékʷ-h₂-ō ~ *sékʷ-h₂-y-os, from *sekʷ- (“to follow”).^[1]^[2]

Noun

*sákʰā m^[3]

friend, companion

Inflection

consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sákʰā	*sákʰāyā(w)	*sákʰāyas
vocative	*sákʰay	*sákʰāyā(w)	*sákʰāyas
accusative	*sákʰāyam	*sákʰāyā(w)	*sakʰyás
instrumental	*sakʰyáH	*sakʰibʰyā́(m)	*sakʰibʰíš
ablative	*sakʰyás	*sakʰibʰyā́(m)	*sakʰibʰyáH
dative	*sakʰyáy	*sakʰibʰyā́(m)	*sakʰibʰyáH
genitive	*sakʰyás	*sakʰiHā́s	*sakʰyáHam
locative	*sákʰayi	*sakʰiHáw	*sakʰišú

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *sákʰā
- Sanskrit: सखि (sákhi) (सखा (sákhā, nom.sg.))
Proto-Iranian: *háxā
- Avestan: 𐬵𐬀𐬑𐬁𐬌𐬌 (haxāii) (𐬵𐬀𐬑𐬀 (haxa, nom.sg.))
- Old Persian: *haxā

References

^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “sákhāy-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 684-685
^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1973) “sákhāy-”, in Onomastica Persepolitana: Das Altiranische Namengut der Persepolis-Täfelchen [Onomastica Persepolitana: The Old Iranian Personal Names of the Persepolis Tablets] (in German), Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, →ISBN, pages 684-685
^ Schmitt, Rüdiger (2017–2018) “Chapter XVII: Indo-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 Indo-Iranian, page 1945

[1] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “sákhāy-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 684-685

[2] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1973) “sákhāy-”, in Onomastica Persepolitana: Das Altiranische Namengut der Persepolis-Täfelchen [Onomastica Persepolitana: The Old Iranian Personal Names of the Persepolis Tablets] (in German), Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, →ISBN, pages 684-685

[3] Schmitt, Rüdiger (2017–2018) “Chapter XVII: Indo-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 Indo-Iranian, page 1945

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