Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/šwáćš

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 This Proto-Indo-Iranian 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-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs, with irregular retraction of initial *s- into *š-.

Numeral

Proto-Indo-Iranian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : *šwáćš

*šwáćš[1]

  1. six

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ṣwáṭṣ
  • Proto-Iranian: *xšwáš, *šwáš (see there for further descendants)
  • >? Proto-Nuristani: (or from Indo-Aryan due to initial *ṣ)

References

  1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “ṣáṣ-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
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