Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/kšnáwti

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 *ksnéwti.

Verb

*kšnáwti^[1]

to whet, sharpen

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kṣnáwti
- Sanskrit: क्ष्णौति (kṣṇáuti, “to whet, sharpen”)
Proto-Iranian: *xšnáwti^[2]
- Old Avestan: 𐬑𐬱𐬥𐬆𐬎𐬎𐬍𐬱𐬁 (xšnəuuīšā, 2sg.pres.)
- ⇒ Proto-Iranian: *aHxšnáwti (“to hear (< to sharpen (one's ears))”)
  - Younger Avestan: 𐬑𐬱𐬥𐬆𐬎𐬎𐬍𐬱𐬁 (xšnəuuīšā)
  - Gurani: ژنەۋای (žnawāy), ئەژنەۋای (ažnawāy), ئەژنیەی (ažniyay)
  - Kurdish:
    Southern Kurdish: ژنەوین (jnewîn), ژنەفتن (jneftin), ئەژنەوین (ejnewîn), ئەژنەفتن (ejneftin)
    
    Laki: شِنەفتن (şineftin)
  - Parthian:
    Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫢𐫗𐫇𐫏𐫅 (ʾšnwyd), 𐫀𐫢𐫗𐫇𐫏𐫏𐫅 (ʾšnwyyd)
  - Old Persian: 𐎠𐎧𐏁𐎵𐎢𐎷𐎡𐎹 (a-x-š-nu-u-mi-i-y /⁠āxšnumiy, āxšnūmiy⁠/, “to hear”)
    - Middle Persian:
      Manichaean script: (šnwynd /⁠āšnūyind⁠/, 3pl.pres.act.)
      - Persian: شنیدن (šenidan)

References

^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “ks·n·av”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*xšnau”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 456-457

[1] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “ks·n·av”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

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

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/kšnáwti

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Etymology

Verb

Descendants

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