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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/dáwxšati
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Proto-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáwxšati, from Proto-Indo-European *déwk-s-eti, from *dewk- (“to pull, draw”) + *-seti (primary verb suffix). Meaning influenced by Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáwgdʰi (“to milk”).
Verb
*dáwxšati[1]
- to suckle, suck
- to milk
Descendants
- Northeastern Iranian:
- Khwarezmian: [script needed] (čx-) (< *ati-dáwxšati)
- Sogdian: [script needed] (ẟwš’nt)
- Southeastern Iranian:
- Sanglechi–Ishkashimi:
- Sanglechi: dēš-
- Ishkashimi: dēš-
- Pashto: لوشل (lwašë́l, lwëšë́l)
- Yidgha: [script needed] (cəx- /coxt/), [script needed] (coxt) (< *ati-dáwxšati)
- Sanglechi–Ishkashimi:
- Northwestern Iranian:
- Baluchi: دوشگ (dóšag)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: دۆشین (doşîn)
- Northern Kurdish: dotin
- Southern Kurdish: دووشین (dûşîn), دووشان (dûşan)
- Proto-Medo-Parthian: *dáwxšati
- Caspian:
- Gilaki: [script needed] (dūštan)
- Old Median: *dáwxšati (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Zaza-Gorani:
- Gurani: دۆشای (dɔšāy), دۆشتەی (dɔštay)
- Zazaki: ditiš
- ⇒ Proto-Medo-Parthian: *patidáwxšati
- Caspian:
- Shahmirzadi: [script needed] (bedoštan)
- Proto-Komisenian:
- Lasgerdi: [script needed] (bedūšāōn)
- Sangisari: [script needed] (bedūš)
- Sorkhei: [script needed] (bedūšton)
- Old Median: *patidáwxšati
- Semnani: [script needed] (bedūšiyon)
- Caspian:
- Caspian:
- Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: [script needed] (*dáuxšatiy)
- Middle Persian:
- Book Pahlavi: [script needed] (dwšynd /dōšēnd/)
- Persian: دوختن (dōxtan), دوشیدن (dōšidan)
- Middle Persian:
- Old Persian: [script needed] (*dáuxšatiy)
References
- Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*dauxš”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 69-70