Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ȷ́ānáHti

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.

From earlier *ȷ́n̥náHti, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti, from *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).

*ȷ́ānáHti

1. to know

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ȷ́ānáHti
  • Sanskrit: जानाति (jānā́ti) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *jānáHti
  • Central Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬰𐬁𐬥𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (zānaⁱti)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Baluchi: زانگ (zánag)
    • Northern Kurdish: zanîn
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Old Persian: 𐎧𐏁𐎴𐎠𐎿𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎹 (xšnāsātiy)
      • Middle Persian: 𐭱𐭭𐭠𐭧𐭲𐭭 (šnāxtan), (dānestan)
        • Persian: شناختن (šenâxtan), دانستن (dānestan)
      • Lurish:

        Northern Luri: دۏنسن (dönesen)

        Bakhtiari: دۊنستن (dunesten)

        Southern Luri: دۊنستن (dunesten)

• Proto-Nuristani: *jānā́ti
  • Northern Nuristani:
    • Kamkata-viri:

      Kamviri: źaňë́-

      Kativiri: zařé-

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jānā́ti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press