Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/cánhati

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 *ćánsati, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéns-e-ti, from *ḱens- (“to announce, proclaim”) +‎ *-eti. Cognate with Sanskrit शंसति (śáṃsati, “to declare”), Latin cēnseō and perhaps Ancient Greek κῶμος (kômos).

Verb

*cánhati

to declare, explain

Derived terms

*paticánhati
- Younger Avestan: 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬯𐬀𐬢𐬵‎ (paⁱtisaŋh, “to call up, invoke”)
- ⇒ *paticahwaH (“an answer, explanation”)
  - Pashto: پوښتنه‎ (poṣtena)
  - Baluchi: [script needed] (pas(s)aw)
  - Kurdish:
    Central Kurdish: پاساو‎ (pasaw)
  - Parthian:
    Manichaean: 𐫛𐫘𐫇𐫟‎ (pswx /passox/)
  - Middle Persian:
    Manichaean: 𐫛𐫘𐫇𐫟‎ (pswx /passox/)
    Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (pshw' /passox/), [Book Pahlavi needed] (pʾshw' /pāsox/)
    - Classical Persian: پاسخ‎ (pāsux)
      - → Georgian: პასუხი (ṗasuxi)
  - → Old Armenian: պատասխանի (patasxani), պատասխան (patasxan)
*cánhuš (“word, speech”)
- Old Avestan: 𐬯𐬇𐬧𐬖𐬎‎ (sə̄ṇγu)
- Khotanese: saṃja- (“document”)
- Parthian:
  Manichaean: 𐫘𐫟𐫇𐫗‎ (sxwn /saxwan/)
- Middle Persian: (/saxwan/ "word, speech")
  Manichaean: 𐫘𐫟𐫇𐫗‎ (sxwn)
  Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (shwn')
  - Persian: سخن‎ (soxan), سخون‎ (saxun)
- Sogdian: (/saxnu, saxunu, saxwanu/)
  Manichaean: 𐫘𐫟𐫇𐫗𐫇‎ (sxwnw)
  Sogdian: 𐼼γ𐼻𐼴‎ (sγnw), 𐼼γ𐼴𐼻𐼴‎ (sγwnw), 𐼼𐼴𐼶𐼻𐼴‎ (swxnw), 𐼼𐼶𐼴𐼻𐼴‎ (sxwnw)
  Old Sogdian: 𐼑γ𐼇𐼎𐼇‎ (sγwnw), 𐼑𐼇γ𐼎𐼊‎ (swγny)
  Syriac: [Syriac needed] (sγwnw), [Syriac needed] (swxnw)

Unsorted formations

Parthian: 𐫃𐫇𐫘𐫀𐫗‎ (gwsʾn /gōsān/) (possibly)
→ Old Armenian: գովասան (govasan), վիպասան (vipasan) (possibly)

Descendants

Central Iranian:
- Old Avestan: 𐬯𐬇𐬧𐬖𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬍‎ (sə̄ṇγaⁱtī)
Northeastern Iranian:
- Sogdian:
  - Buddhist: [script needed] (sγwn-, “to utter, recite”)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: 𐎰𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎹 (θ-a-t-i-y /θatiy/)

References

Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 334–335
Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 417b f.
Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 326