Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hákši

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 Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷs.

Noun

*Hákši n

(anatomy) eye

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hákṣi
- Sanskrit: अक्षि (ákṣi) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *Háxši, *Háši
- Avestan: 𐬀𐬱𐬌‎ (aši, “both eyes”)
- Middle Persian: (/aš/, “devil eye”)
  Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾš)
  
  Pazend: 𐬀𐬱‎ (aš)
  - Classical Persian: اش‎ (aš, “eye”) (only as compartment in some words; e.g., غاوش‎ (ğâvaš, “(lit.) cow-eye; (agr.) large cucumber, grape”) the word غاو‎ (ğâw) is loaned from eastern Iranian languages and cognate with Classical Persian ‎ (gāw) the original one.)

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