Sanskrit

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śak-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćak-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱek- (to be able). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬐- (sak-, to agree), Proto-Germanic *hagaz (capable), perhaps whence English hex (to cast a spell) and hag (witch-like woman), and Old Irish cécht (might, power).

    Pronunciation

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    Root

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    शक् (śak)

    1. to be able
    2. can

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    Primary Verbal Forms
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    Descendants

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    • Kannada: ಶಕ್ಯ (śakya, possible)

    References

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    • Monier Williams (1899) “शक्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1044/1.
    • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 169
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “śáḿsa- - ŚAK”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 600
    • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 323-324