Etymograph

English

Saka

Saka comes from Sanskrit शक, from Old Persian s-k-a /⁠Sakā⁠/ ‘Scythian’, and ultimately from Old Persian form.

  1. Old Persianc. 600–300 BCEOld Persian formtransliteratedoriginal script Old Persian form, a transliteration‘Scythia’
  2. Old Persian, derivedc. 600–300 BCEs-k-a /⁠Sakā⁠/transliteratedoriginal script s-k-a /⁠Sakā⁠/, a transliteration‘Scythian’
  3. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEशकśaka
  4. EnglishtodaySaka

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Persianc. 600–300 BCEOld Persian formtransliteratedoriginal script Old Persian form, a transliteration‘Scythia’
  2. Old Persian, derivedc. 600–300 BCEs-k-a /⁠Sakā⁠/transliteratedoriginal script s-k-a /⁠Sakā⁠/, a transliteration‘Scythian’
  3. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEशकśaka
  4. EnglishtodaySaka

first attested First attested in the late 19th century as a learned borrowing from Sanskrit शक (śaka), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎣𐎠 (s-k-a /⁠Sakā⁠/, “Scythian”), from 𐎿𐎣 (s-k /⁠Saka⁠/, “Scythia”), from Scythian (as stated in the etymology)

The story

First attested in the late 19th century as a learned borrowing from Sanskrit शक (śaka), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎣𐎠 (s-k-a /⁠Sakā⁠/, “Scythian”), from 𐎿𐎣 (s-k /⁠Saka⁠/, “Scythia”), from Scythian. Mostly displaced earlier Saca, ultimately from the same source via Latin.

Every English word from Old Persian Old Persian form

Another origin of Saka

  1. EstonianmodernSaka
  2. Englishtodaysame form

Another origin of Saka

  1. LatvianmodernSaka
  2. Englishtodaysame form

Another origin of Saka

  1. Moroccan Arabicmodernصاكةṣāka‘kiosk’
  2. EnglishtodaySaka

Another origin of Saka

  1. Turkish1928–presentSaka‘water-carrier’
  2. Englishtodaysame form

Another origin of Saka

  1. YorubamodernSaka
  2. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

noun A member of any of various peoples formerly inhabiting steppes north of the Iranian plateau.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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