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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćúšnas
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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
Possibly borrowed from the BMAC substrate. Compare Proto-Slavic *smokъ (“dragon”), which may be a borrowing from Proto-Iranian *cúšnakah.
Declension
| masculine a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *ćúšnas | *ćúšnā | *ćúšnā, -ās(as) |
| vocative | *ćúšna | *ćúšnā | *ćúšnā, -ās(as) |
| accusative | *ćúšnam | *ćúšnā | *ćúšnāns |
| instrumental | *ćúšnā | *ćúšnaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām | *ćúšnāyš |
| ablative | *ćúšnāt | *ćúšnaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām | *ćúšnaybʰyas |
| dative | *ćúšnāy | *ćúšnaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām | *ćúšnaybʰyas |
| genitive | *ćúšnasya | *ćúšnayās | *ćúšnāna(H)m |
| locative | *ćúšnay | *ćúšnayaw | *ćúšnayšu |
Descendants
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *śúšnas
- Sanskrit: शुष्ण (śúṣṇa, “name of a demon slain by Indra”)
- Proto-Iranian: *cúšnaH f
- Shughni: [script needed] f (sāγ̌(d))
- Bartagni: [script needed] f (sāwn, “big snake”)
- Khufi: [script needed] f (sāw)
- Rushani: [script needed] f (sāw, “kind of snake”)
- Shughni: [script needed] f (sāγ̌(d))
References
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “śúṣṇa-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 649
- Witczak, Krzysztof Tomasz (2016) Rozważania nad genezą prasłowiańskiego apelatywu *smokъ [Some reflections on the origin of the Proto-Slavic term for ‘dragon’] (in Polish), Uniwersytet Łódzki
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