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sakaññeva

saka

adj, nominative singular neuter + intensifier eva

1. one's own; my own
2. one's own (property, possessions, etc.)
3. relation; relative

Built from

• saka — root · one's own
  From *swe-, the Indo-European reflexive pronoun. Cognates: English self, Latin suus, Sanskrit sva. The word preserves the proprietary and reflexive sense of selfhood.
• eva — ending · indeed, just
  Enclitic intensifier meaning "exactly" or "precisely". Adds emphasis to the preceding word, here turning saka into an emphatic reflexive meaning "oneself alone" or "by one's own hand".

Analysis. sakaṃ + eva: saka (one's own) + eva (indeed, just), meaning "one's own self" or "by oneself alone"; the nominative neuter saka with the enclitic intensifier eva creates an emphatic reflexive sense.

Etymology. saka from Sanskrit sva- (one's own, self), cognate with English self, German selbst, and Latin suus (one's own). The root *swe- (reflexive pronoun) is Indo-European, seen also in Greek autos (self) and Latin sui (of oneself). The sense evolved from the basic reflexive concept to the notion of proprietary ownership and kinship.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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