Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/sáȷ́ʰas

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *séǵʰos (“power, victory”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *segaz.

Noun edit

*sáȷ́ʰas n

power, strength

Declension edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants edit

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *sáźʰas
- Sanskrit: सहस् (sáhas)
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Hindi: सह (sah)
    - Nepali: सह (saha)
  - ⇒ Pali: sahasā (“forcibly”)
Proto-Iranian: *hájah
- Avestan: 𐬵𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬵 (hazah)
- Gurani: ھازی (hāzī)
- Kurdish:
  Northern Kurdish: hêz
  
  Central Kurdish: ھێز (hêz)
  
  Southern Kurdish: ھاز (haz)
  
  Laki: ئاز (az)

References edit

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sáhas”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press