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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/kšnáwti

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 *ksnéwti.

Verb

*kšnáwti[1]

  1. to whet, sharpen

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kṣnáwti
    • Sanskrit: क्ष्णौति (kṣṇáuti, “to whet, sharpen”)
  • Proto-Iranian: *xšnáwti[2]
    • Old Avestan: 𐬑𐬱𐬥𐬆𐬎𐬎𐬍𐬱𐬁 (xšnəuuīšā, 2sg.pres.)
    • ⇒ Proto-Iranian: *aHxšnáwti (“to hear (< to sharpen (one's ears))”)
      • Younger Avestan: 𐬑𐬱𐬥𐬆𐬎𐬎𐬍𐬱𐬁 (xšnəuuīšā)
      • Gurani: ژنەۋای (žnawāy), ئەژنەۋای (ažnawāy), ئەژنیەی (ažniyay)
      • Kurdish:
        Southern Kurdish: ژنەوین (jnewîn), ژنەفتن (jneftin), ئەژنەوین (ejnewîn), ئەژنەفتن (ejneftin)
        Laki: شِنەفتن (şineftin)
      • Parthian:
        Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫢𐫗𐫇𐫏𐫅 (ʾšnwyd), 𐫀𐫢𐫗𐫇𐫏𐫏𐫅 (ʾšnwyyd)
      • Old Persian: 𐎠𐎧𐏁𐎵𐎢𐎷𐎡𐎹 (a-x-š-nu-u-mi-i-y /⁠āxšnumiy, āxšnūmiy⁠/, “to hear”)
        • Middle Persian:
          Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (šnwynd /⁠āšnūyind⁠/, 3pl.pres.act.)

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “ks·n·av”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  2. Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*xšnau”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 456-457
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