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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ǰáǰʰukas

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 *ǰáǰʰuš, *ǰáǰʰas +‎ *-kas; compare Avestan 𐬘𐬀𐬲𐬎 (jažu, “hedgehog”). Pokorny compares Lithuanian šeškas (“ferret, polecat”).[1]

Noun

*ǰáǰʰukas m

  1. hedgehog

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ȷ́áźʰakas
  • Proto-Iranian: *ǰúǰakah (see there for further descendants)

References
  • Voskanian, V., & Boyajian-Sureniants, V. (2007). Lexical Gleanings from Bašākard. Iran & the Caucasus, 121-125.
  • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 424, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 424
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