Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/cáyuš

This Proto-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-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

orphan

Derived terms

*cáyučaras[1]
- Sanglechi: [script needed] (saγēr)
- Scythian: [Term?]
  - Ossetian: сидзӕр (siʒær)
  - Wakhi: [script needed] (səγira)
- Shughni-Yazghulami-Munji: *sǽɣīr
  - Munji-Yidgha: *sáɣīr
    - Munji: [script needed] (saɣīr)
    - Yidgha: [script needed] (səɣīr)
  - Shughni-Yazghulami: *sǽɣīr
    - Shughni: [script needed] (saɣīr)
    - Yazghulami: [script needed] (saɣīr)
- Sogdian:
  Manichaean: [Manichaean needed] (srʾk)

Descendants

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

References

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

[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