Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/náćyati

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/náćyati

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words 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 *néḱ-ye-ti, from *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”) +‎ *-yeti (ye-present suffix).

Verb

*náćyati

1. to lose, perish
2. to disappear

Descendants

• Indo-Aryan: *náśyati
  • Sanskrit: नश्यति (náśyati)
    • Dardic: *náśyati
      • Domaaki: [script needed] (naš)
      • Kalasha: nāšik (“to die”)
      • Kashmiri: نَشُن‎ (našun)
      • Kohistani Shina: [script needed] (nošōnu)
      • Shina: [script needed] (našoiki)
      • Shumashti: [script needed] (nas, “to flow”)
      • Wotapuri-Katarqalai: [script needed] (naš, “to rot, spoil”)
    • Helu:
      • Sinhalese: නසිනවා (nasinavā, “to die”)
    • Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀡𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁃 (ṇassai)
      • Oriya: ନସିବା (nôsiba, “to be destroyed”)
    • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀡𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁃 (ṇassai)
      • Marathi: नासणे (nāsṇe, “to rot, spoil”)
    • Pali: nassati
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀡𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀤𑀺 (ṇassadi)
      • Gujarati: નાસવું (nāsvũ)
      • Hindustani:

        Hindi: नासना (nāsnā)

        Urdu: ناسنا‎ (nāsnā)

      • Kumaoni: नास्णो (nāsṇo)
      • Punjabi: ਨੱਸਣਾ (nasṇā)
      • Romani: našel
• Iranian: *náćyati[1]
  • Central Iranian:
    • Younger Avestan: 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌‎ (nasiieiti)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Old Persian: (< *Hwí + *náćyati)
      • Middle Persian: wnʾsytn' (wināhīdan, “to spoil, damage, destroy”)[2]

References

1. Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*nas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 282
2. MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “wināhīdan, wināh-”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press