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CHILD / LATER FORM / attestedOld Persian · Achaemenid Old Persian · king sovereign

xšāyaθiyā

king, sovereign

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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Indo-European · dialectal Indo-European prehistory · rule possess

*tkeH-

rule, have power, possess

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THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP

EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE

SOUND CHANGE

Old Persian xšāyaθiyā is analyzed through xšāy- “rule, have power, possess” and compared with dialectal Indo-European *tkeH-.

SEMANTIC CHANGE

Rule or possession supplies the base for a sovereign title.

CHRONOLOGY

The comparison belongs to Indo-European prehistory.

SCHOLAR / EDITORIAL AUTHORITY

Merriam-Webster Editors

CONFIDENCE

proposed — Merriam-Webster also records a materially different Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben analysis from *h₃ekʷ-; neither is promoted as consensus.

EDITORIAL STATUS

reviewed

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CITATION REGISTER

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Check — Word HistoryNoun etymology note on Indo-European comparison

Publishes *tkeH- while recording the rival LIV analysis.

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EDITORIAL REUSE

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RELATION / 187check

xšāyaθiyā → *tkeH-

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xšāyaθiyā → *tkeH-

OPEN DOSSIER ↗RELATION / 209shah

xšāyaθiyā → *tkeH-

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