Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/cáčati

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 *ćáčati, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱék-e-ti, from *ḱek- (“to be able, capable”) +‎ *-eti.

Verb

*cáčati[1]

to be prepared, fit, ready

Related terms

*cāčáyati

Descendants

Northeastern Iranian:
- Bactrian: σαχα- (saxa-, “to be assessed”)
- Ossetian: (“to get stuck in”)
  Digor: сӕдзун (sæʒun)
  Iron: сӕдзын (sæʒyn)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Parthian: (“to be prepared, fitting, ready”)
  Manichaean: 𐫘𐫝𐫏𐫅‎ (scyd /sajēd/)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Middle Persian: (/sazēd/, “to be fitting, becoming, necessary”)
  Manichaean: 𐫘𐫉𐫏𐫅‎ (szyd)
  Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (scyt)

References

Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*sač¹”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 323

[EDIV-1] Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*sač¹”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 323