kÞē(i)-, kÞǝ(i)- (*ĝhðē(i)-)

    kÞē(i)-, kÞǝ(i)- (*ĝhðē(i)-)

    English meaning: to acquire, possess

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “erwerben, Verfũgung and Gewalt worũber bekommen”

    Material: O.Ind. kṣáyati “besitzt, beherrscht” (*kÞǝi̯ -éti) = Av. xšayati “hat power, force, might, herrscht, verfũgt worũber, besitzt”, xšayō “power”; O.Ind. kṣatrá- n. “Herrschaft”, Av. ap. kšaϑra- n. “Herrschaft, Reich; Herrschergewalt” (Urar. neologism to kṣayati), O.Pers. xšüyaϑiya- “in Besitz the Herrschergewalt, king” (Pers. šüh), Xšayüršan- “Xerxes” (xšayaaršan- “Helden beherrschend”); common O.Ind. ĝh- > kṣ- : O.Pers. ĝh- > xš- : Pers. xš- > šphonetic mutation Gk. κτάομαι “erwerbe” (= kṣayati), perf. κέκτημαι “besitze”, κτέανον (with unclear ε) “ possession, property, fortune”, poet. κτέαρ, dat. pl. κτεάτεσσιν ds., κτῆμα n. “ acquisition, possession, property”, κτῆνος n., pl. “ possession, fortune”, sg. “das einzelne Stũck Vieh”; with the same Anlautverhältnis as between κτείνω: gort. κατασκένῃ also Att. Υιλο-σκήτ[ης] = -κτήτης; through hybridization from ἔγ-κτησις and ἔμ-πασις (: πᾶμα) dial. ἔγκτᾶσις “Landerwerb”. common O.Ind. ĝh- > kṣ- : Hittite ĝh- > tk- : Gk. tk- > kt- phonetic mutation see Root ĝhðem- , ĝhðom-, gen.- ablative ĝh(ð)m-és : “earth”.

    References: WP. I 504, BAL.-SLAV. 38, 143, Schwyzer Gk. I 325 f., 5196.