Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/sayd-

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱeyd- (“to call”).^[1]^[2] Cognate with Proto-Germanic *haitaną.

Root

*sayd-^[1]

to call

Derived terms

*ham-sayd-
- Northeastern Iranian:
  - Sogdian: [script needed] (ʾnsʾyδ)
  - Ossetian:
    Digor Ossetian: ӕнседун (ænsedun)
*wi-sayd-
- Southwestern Iranian:
  - Middle Persian:
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (wsydy /⁠wisē⁠/)^[3]
    - Persian:
      Classical Persian: گُسِی (gusī)
- Northwestern Iranian:
  - Parthian: [script needed] (wsyst, ppp.), [script needed] (wsyyd, wsyd)

Descendants

Northeastern Iranian:
- Ossetian:
  Iron Ossetian: сидын (sidyn)
  
  Digor Ossetian: седун (sedun)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*said²”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 327
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*haitan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 202
^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “wīsē”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 91

[cheung-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*said²”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 327

[2] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*haitan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 202

[3] MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “wīsē”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 91

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