Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/kšáps

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

PIE word
*kʷséps

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷséps.

Noun

*kšáps f

night

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kṣáps
- Sanskrit: क्षप् (kṣáp)
  - Dardic:
    - Khowar: چُھوئی (čhuí)
  - → Telugu: క్షప (kṣapa)
Proto-Iranian: *xšáfš (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Nuristani:
- Southern Nuristani:
  - Ashkun: čū (“last night”)

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