Reconstruction:Proto-Scythian/āxšī́ni

This Proto-Scythian 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-Scythian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *axšáyHnah. Cognate with Sogdian 𐼰𐼲𐼼𐼰𐼷𐼻𐼳‎ (ʾɣsʾynh /axsēn, əxsen/, “green”).

Adjective

*āxšī́ni

blue

Related terms

Proto-Scythian: *āxšīnhwīni (“turquoise”)[1][2]
- → Aramaic: [script needed] (ʾhšnẖwyn)

Derived terms

*āxšī́nakā (“pigeon, dove”)[3] (+ *-akā)
- Khotanese: [script needed] (āṣṣeinaka, “pigeon”)
- Ossetian: (“dove”)
  Digor: æxсинæнгæ (æxsinængæ)
  Iron: æxсинæнг (æxsinæng)
- → Proto-Tocharian: *akšinaka[4][5]

Descendants

Khotanese: [script needed] (āṣṣeina, “blue”)
Ossetian: (“dark blue”)
Digor: æxсин (æxsin)

References

Tavernier, Jan (2007), “*Axšainaxvaina-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 441
Hinz, Walther (1975), “*axšainaxvaina-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 25
Sadovski, Velizar (2017–2018), “Chapter VI: Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S.; Joseph, Brian D.; Fritz, Matthias, editor, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Iranian, page 575
Tremblay, Xavier (2005), “Irano-Tocharica et Tocharo-Iranica”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies‎, volume 68, issue 3, page 427
Bailey, H. W. (1979), “āṣṣeinaka”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, pages 12

[1] Tavernier, Jan (2007), “*Axšainaxvaina-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 441

[2] Hinz, Walther (1975), “*axšainaxvaina-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 25

[3] Sadovski, Velizar (2017–2018), “Chapter VI: Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S.; Joseph, Brian D.; Fritz, Matthias, editor, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Iranian, page 575

[4] Tremblay, Xavier (2005), “Irano-Tocharica et Tocharo-Iranica”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies‎, volume 68, issue 3, page 427

[5] Bailey, H. W. (1979), “āṣṣeinaka”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, pages 12