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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/pr̥šćáti

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 *pr̥sḱéti.

Verb

*pr̥šćáti [1][2]

  1. to ask

Descendants
  • Indo-Aryan: *pr̥ćśáti[1]
  • Iranian: *pr̥sáti[3][1]
    • Avestan: 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌‎ (pərəsaiti), 𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬁‎ (fraštā, aor.inj.med.)
    • Khotanese: [script needed] (puls-)
    • Kurdish:
      Northern Kurdish: pirsîn
    • Parthian: (/pursēd/)
      Manichaean: 𐫛𐫇𐫡𐫘𐫏𐫅‎ (pwrsyd)
    • Old Persian: 𐎱𐎼𐎿𐎠𐎷𐎹 (p-r-s-a-mi-y /pạrsāmiy/, “to ask, punish”, 1sg.pres.act.)
      • Middle Persian: (/pursēd/)
        Manichaean: 𐫛𐫇𐫡𐫘𐫏𐫅‎ (pwrsyd)
        Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (pwrsyt)
    • Sogdo-Bactrian:
      • Bactrian: πορσοδο (porsodo)
      • Chorasmian: [script needed] (mš-), [script needed] (bš-)
      • Sogdian:
        Old Sogdian: [Old Sogdian needed] (ʾprsty)


References
  1. Lipp, Reiner (2009) Die indogermanischen und einzelsprachlichen Palatale im Indoiranischen: Neurekonstruktion, Nuristan-Sprachen, Genese der indoarischen Retroflexe, Indoarisch von Mitanni (Indogermanische Bibliothek; 3) (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Winter, page 176: “*pr̥ščá-”
  2. Misra, Bal Govind (1967) Historical Phonology of Modern Standard Hindi: Proto-Indo-European to the Present, Cornell University, page 54
  3. Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*fras/prs”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 88
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