Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćíkšati

This Proto-Indo-Iranian 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-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From earlier *ćíćkšeti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱí-ḱₔk-se-ti, from *ḱek- (“to be able, capable”).^[1]. Compare शक्नोति (śaknoti).

Verb

*ćíkšati^[2]

to learn
to wish to be able

Inflection

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Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *śíkṣati
- Sanskrit: शिक्ष॑ति (śíkṣati)
Proto-Iranian: *cíxšati
- Younger Avestan: 𐬯𐬌𐬑𐬱𐬆𐬨𐬥𐬀 (sixšəmna, “learned”, ptc.pres.med.), 𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬌 (asixšaṇti, “not learning”, ptc.pres.act.(neg.)), 𐬯𐬌𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀 (sixšaiia), 𐬯𐬌𐬑𐬱𐬌𐬌𐬀 (sixšiia, “to be learned”, gerundive)

References

^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*k̑ek^(u̯)-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 322
^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “śikṣ”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*k̑ek^(u̯)-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 322

[2] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “śikṣ”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

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