Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/kr̥dʰHúš

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 *(s)kérdʰh₁-ú-s,^[1] from *(s)kérdʰh₁eti (“to cut, pierce”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *skardaz (“cut up, damaged”).

Adjective

*kr̥dʰHúš (comparative *krádʰHyas, superlative *krádʰHištʰas)

short
crooked, defective

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kr̥dʰHúš
- Sanskrit: कृधु (kṛdhú, “short”)
Proto-Iranian: *kr̥dHúš (“crooked”)^[2]
- Avestan: 𐬐𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬛𐬎𐬱𐬁 (kərədušā, “shortly”)
- Persian: کل (kol, “short, crooked, defective”)
- Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami-Munji: *čūrδ (“crooked”)
  - Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami: *čörδ
    - Proto-Shughni-Roshani: *čūrδ
      - Shughni: чӯрд̌ (čūrδ), чӯрд (čūrd)
      - Sarikoli: čerd, čerδ
    - Yazghulami: ќид̌ (ḱiδ)
- Wakhi: kərd (“crooked”)

References

^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “kṛdhú-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag
^ Steblin-Kamenskij, I.M. (1999) “kərd”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ vaxanskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Wakhi Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Peterburgskoje Vostokovedenije, →ISBN

[1] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “kṛdhú-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag

[2] Steblin-Kamenskij, I.M. (1999) “kərd”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ vaxanskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Wakhi Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Peterburgskoje Vostokovedenije, →ISBN

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/kr̥dʰHúš

Proto-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

Adjective

Descendants

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