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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/čáćšma

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Indo-European *kʷéḱ-s-mn̥ ~ *kʷḱ-s-mén-, from *kʷeḱ- (“to see, look”)

Noun

*čáćšma n [1]

  1. eye
  2. sight

Descendants
  • Indo-Aryan: *ćáṭṣma
    • Vedic Sanskrit: चाक्ष्म (cākṣmá, “seer”) < *चक्ष्मन् (cákṣman)[2]
  • Iranian: *čášma (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 238–240
  2. Čong, Dž. (Cheung, Johnny) (2009)T. K., Salbijeva, transl., Očerki istoričeskovo razvitija osetinskovo vokalizma [Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism] (in Russian), Vladikavkaz: Izdatelʹsko-poligrafičeskoje predprijatije im. V. Gassijeva, →ISBN, pages 245–246
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