Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ksnew-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Etymology

Reanalysed root of *ksnéwti, from *kes- (“to scrape, comb”) +‎ *-néwti (*néw-present suffix).

Root

*ksnew- (imperfective)^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

to scrape, sharpen

Derived terms

Category Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ksnew- not found

*ksnow-éye-ti (*éye-causative)^[5]^[2]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *kšnawáyati
  - Proto-Iranian: *xšnawáyatī
    - Avestan: 𐬑𐬱𐬁𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (xšāuuaiieⁱti, “to satisfy”)
*ksnḗw-s-t ~ *ksnéw-s-n̥t (*s-aorist)^[2]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *kšnā́wšt
  - Proto-Iranian: *xšnā́wšt
    - Avestan: 𐬑𐬱𐬁𐬏𐬱 (xšāūš, “to listen”)
*ksnew-éh₂-ti^[3]
- *ksnew-éh₂-tleh₂^[4]
  - Proto-Italic: *(ks)nowātlā^[3]
    - Latin: novācula (“razor”)
*ksnéw-tro-m^[3]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *kšnáwtram
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kṣṇáwtram
    - Sanskrit: क्ष्णोत्र (kṣṇótra, “whetstone”)
*ksnow-ó-s (“scraping”)^[4]
- Proto-Germanic: *snaw-waz (“bald”)^[4]
  - Old Norse: snǫggr, snøggr (< *snawwiz)
    - Icelandic: snöggur
    - Swedish: snygg
*ksnéw-tu-s ~ *ksnu-téw-s^[4]
- Proto-Germanic: *snauþuz (“naked, poor”)^[4] (see there for further descendants)
*ksnu-tó-s^[3]^[4]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *kšnutás
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kṣṇutás
    - Sanskrit: क्ष्णुत (kṣṇutá, “sharpened”)
  - Proto-Iranian: *xšnutáh
    - Avestan: 𐬑𐬱𐬥𐬎𐬙𐬀 (xšnuta)
    - Old Persian: 𐎧𐏁𐎵𐎢𐎫 (x-š-nu-u-t /⁠xšnuta⁠/)

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “ks-n-eu-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 585
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*ksneu̯-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 373
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “novācula”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 414-415
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 ^4.6 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*snawwa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 461
^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*xšnau¹, *xšnau²”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 456-457, 457-458

[IEW-1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “ks-n-eu-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 585

[LIV-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*ksneu̯-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 373

[DeVaan-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “novācula”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 414-415

[Kroonen-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 ^4.6 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*snawwa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 461

[Cheung-5] Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*xšnau¹, *xšnau²”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 456-457, 457-458

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