Reconstruction:Proto-Scythian/kāśśi

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 *kácyah (“smaller, lesser”).

Adjective

*kāśśi

1. diminished

Descendants

• Proto-Ossetic: *kāsɨ
  • Old Ossetic: *kas
    • ⇒ Old Ossetic: *ægas
      • Ossetian: ӕгас (ægas)
      • → Hungarian: egész
    • ⇒? Old Ossetic: *Gōdigas
      • →? Ancient Greek: Γωδιγασος (Gōdigasos)
• Proto-Saka-Wakhi: *kāśśi
  • Wakhi: kaṣ̌
  • ⇒ Proto-Saka-Wakhi: *nigāśśi (+ *ni-)
    • Proto-Saka: *nyāśśi
      • Khotanese: [script needed] (nyaśśa)