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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ukšā́

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 *uksḗn.

Noun

*ukšā́ m

  1. bull

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *(H)ukṣā́
    • Sanskrit: उक्षन् (ukṣán, “bull; ox”) (nom. sg. उक्षा (ukṣā́))
      • Pali: ukkhā
  • Proto-Iranian: *(H)uxšā́
    • Avestan: 𐬎𐬑𐬱𐬁𐬥 (uxšān, “bull”)
    • Old Median: *uxšā
      • ⇒ Old Median: *Uxšapā (“protector of bulls”) (personal name)
        • → Aramaic: [script needed] (whšp)
  • →? Proto-Uralic: *uškɜ (“ox, bull”)[1] (see there for further descendants)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Iranian:
      • Old Mazanderani: حشو (hašu, “a two-year-old water buffalo”)

References
  1. Rédei, Károly (1988) “Die syrjänische Sprache”, in Sinor, Denis, editor, The Uralic languages: description, history and foreign influences, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 661: “*uškɜ”
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