Cognate Set 87 – Meaning: night
- IE-CoR reference form:
- *k⁽ʷ⁾sep-
- IE-CoR reference language:
- Proto-Indo-European
- Ideophonic:
- no
- Parallel derivation:
- no
Found in 3 clades by 30 lexemes.
- References
- Abaev, Vasilij Ivanovič: IV:230-231
S.v. æxsæv ; æxsævæ 'ночь', from Ir. *xšap- or *xšapan- (cf. OPers. *kšap-, Pers., Tadj. šab, Kurd. šäw, šəv, Yaghn. xšap-, Sogd. *axšap- ('γšp-, 'xšp-), Khot. ṣṣava, Av. xšap-, xšapan-).
- Kloekhorst, Alwin: 404
S.v. Hitt. išpant- 'night'. Formally Hitt. išpant- reflects a zero-grade with an added suffix -ent- (i.e. *k⁽ʷ⁾sp-ent-), which is also found in terms like ḫamešḫant- (beside ḫamešḫa-) 'spring', zēnant- (beside zēna-) 'autumn', and gimmant- (beside gim(m)-) 'winter', etc.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred: I:424
S.v. Ved. kṣap- 'Nacht', from a PIIr. root noun *kšap-, from PIE *k⁽ʷ⁾sep- (cf. Hitt. ispant- 'Nacht').
- Puhvel, Jaan: 431-435
- Sims-Williams, Nicholas: 276
Bactrian *χαβο attested from adv. χαβρωσο '(by) night and (by) day' < *kšapa- 'night' (cf. Chor. (ʾ)xʸb, Sogd. xšp) + ρωσο 'day'.