Reconstruction:Proto-Scythian/axšēni

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 1

From Proto-Iranian *axšáyHnah. Cognate with Sogdian 𐼰𐼲𐼼𐼰𐼷𐼻𐼳 (ʾɣsʾynh /⁠axsēn, əxsen⁠/, “green”).

Adjective

*axšēni

blue-gray

Derived terms

*axšēnakā (“pigeon, dove”)^[1] (+ *-akā)
- Khotanese: [script needed] (āṣṣeinaka, “pigeon”)
- Ossetian: (“dove”)
  Digor Ossetian: ӕхсинӕнгӕ (æxsinængæ)
  
  Iron Ossetian: ӕхсинӕнг (æxsinæng)
- → Proto-Tocharian: *akšinaka^[2]^[3]

Related terms

Proto-Scythian: *axšēnaxʷēni (“turquoise”)^[4]^[5]
- → Aramaic: [script needed] (ʾhšnẖwyn)

Descendants

Proto-Saka-Wakhi: *āṣṣēni
- Proto-Saka: *āṣṣeini
  - Khotanese: [script needed] (āṣṣeiṇa, “blue”)
Proto-Sarmatian: *axšēnya
- Alanic: *æxšiññæ
  - Ossetian: ӕхсин (æxsin)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Iranian *xšayθniH, from *xšáHyati (“to rule”), compare Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /⁠xšāyaθiyaʰ⁠/).

Noun

*axšēni

lady

Descendants

Proto-Sarmatian: *axšēnya
- Alanic: *æxšiññæ
  - Ossetian:
    Digor Ossetian: ӕхсийнӕ (æxsijnæ)
    Iron Ossetian: ӕхси́н (æxsín)
  - → Old Hungarian: achscin, axsin
    - Hungarian: asszony

References

^ Sadovski, Velizar (2017–2018), “Chapter VI: Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Iranian, page 575
^ Tremblay, Xavier (2005), “Irano-Tocharica et Tocharo-Iranica”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies‎^[1], volume 68, number 3, page 427
^ Bailey, H. W. (1979), “āṣṣeinaka”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 12
^ Tavernier, Jan (2007), “*Axšainaxvaina-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 441
^ Hinz, Walther (1975), “*axšainaxvaina-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[2] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 25

[1] Sadovski, Velizar (2017–2018), “Chapter VI: Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Iranian, page 575

[2] Tremblay, Xavier (2005), “Irano-Tocharica et Tocharo-Iranica”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies‎^[1], volume 68, number 3, page 427

[3] Bailey, H. W. (1979), “āṣṣeinaka”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 12

[4] Tavernier, Jan (2007), “*Axšainaxvaina-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 441

[5] Hinz, Walther (1975), “*axšainaxvaina-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[2] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 25

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