Reconstruction:Proto-Scythian/Skuδi

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

Possibly from Proto-Iranian *skudah (“archer”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to propel, shoot”).^[1]^[2]

Proper noun

*Skuδi

Scythian

Derived terms

*Skuli (“Scyles, a Scythian king”)
- → Ancient Greek: Σκύλης (Skúlēs)
- ⇒ *Skulatā pl (“Scylians”) (+ plural *-atā)
  - → Ancient Greek: Σκόλοται (Skólotai), Σκόλοτοι pl (Skólotoi, “Scythians”) [Herodotus, mid-5th c. BCE]

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: Σκύθης m sg (Skúthēs, “a Scythian”), Σκύθαι m pl (Skúthai, “Scythians”) [Homer, 8th c. BCE] (see there for further descendants)
→⇒ Neo-Assyrian: 𒆳𒅖𒆪𒍝𒀀𒀀 (^KURiš-ku-za-a-a /⁠Iškuzāya⁠/, “Land of the Scythians”) (+ -𒀀𒀀 (-a.a /⁠-āya⁠/, gentilic suffix)) [Sargon II, ca. 714 BCE] (see there for further descendants)
→⇒ Old Persian: 𐎿𐎤𐎢𐎭𐎼 (s-ku-u-d-r /⁠Skudra⁠/, “Thracia, Thracian”) (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Novák, Ľubomír (2013), Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎^[1], Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 109
^ Szemerényi, Oswald (1980), Four old Iranian ethnic names: Scythian – Skudra – Sogdian – Saka‎^[2], Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, →ISBN, pages 5-23

[1] Novák, Ľubomír (2013), Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎^[1], Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 109

[2] Szemerényi, Oswald (1980), Four old Iranian ethnic names: Scythian – Skudra – Sogdian – Saka‎^[2], Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, →ISBN, pages 5-23

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