Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/sasás

This Proto-Indo-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-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

  • From earlier *sHasás, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₁es-ó-s, from *seh₁- (“to sow”).

    Noun

    *sasás m[1]

    1. corn, herb, grass

    Declension

    masculine a-stem
    singular dual plural
    nominative *sasás *sasā́(w) *sasā́s(as)
    vocative *sása *sásā(w) *sásās(as)
    accusative *sasám *sasā́(w) *sasā́ns
    instrumental *sasáH *sasáybʰyā(m) *sasā́yš
    ablative *sasā́t *sasáybʰyā(m) *sasáybʰyas
    dative *sasā́y *sasáybʰyā(m) *sasáybʰyas
    genitive *sasásya *sasáyās *sasā́naHam
    locative *sasáy *sasáyaw *sasáyšu

    Derived terms

    • *sasyás (“crop, grain, fruit”)
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *sasyás[2]
      • Proto-Iranian: *hahyáh[2]
        • Younger Avestan: 𐬵𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬌𐬀 (hahiia)
          • ⇒ Younger Avestan: 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬱⸱𐬵𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬌𐬀 (paitiš.hahiia, “harvest festival”)
        • Middle Persian:
          Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾḤ /⁠hah⁠/, “pertaining to grain, harvest”)

    Descendants

    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *sasás
      • Sanskrit: सस (sasá)
        • Magadhi Prakrit:
          • Assamese: সাহ (xah, “crops”)
          • Odia: ସସ (sasa, “kernel”)

    References

    1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “sasá”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–), “*haha-, *hahi̯a-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 320-321
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