Reconstruction:Sanskrit/चिष्ट
Sanskrit edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćiṣṭás, possibly from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čištás (compare Younger Avestan 𐬗𐬌𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬌 (cinasti)),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis-tós, from *kʷeys- (“to observe”).[2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
*चिष्ट • (ciṣṭa) stem, ?
Descendants edit
- Dardic:
- Shina: چٹھ (čiṭhi, “letter”)
- Eastern:
- Northern:
- Central:
- Southern:
- Western:
References edit
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ciṣṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 30