Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/cwíšah
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This Proto-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-Iranian
Etymology
Unknown; perhaps from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwíšas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwís-o-s, from *ḱweys- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”).
Noun
*cwíšah[1]
Descendants
- Central Iranian:
- Younger Avestan: 𐬯𐬞𐬌𐬱 (spiš)
- Northeastern Iranian:
- Southeastern Iranian:
- Ormuri-Parachi:
- Proto-Pathan:
- Ishkashimi: (s(ь)puḷ), (s(ь)pьl)
- Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami-Munji:
- Northwestern Iranian:
- Southwestern Iranian:
References
- ^ Cathcart, Chundra Aroor (2015) Iranian Dialectology and Dialectometry (PhD dissertation), Berkeley: University of California at Berkeley, page 135