Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/kr̥náwti

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 *kʷr̥-néw-ti ~ *kʷr̥-nw-énti, from *kʷer- (“to do, make”) +‎ *-néwti.

Verb

*kr̥náwti

to do, make

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kr̥náwti
- Vedic Sanskrit: कृणोति (kṛṇóti)
  - Later Sanskrit: करोति (karóti) (< *kr̥róti < kr̥ṇóti) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *kr̥náwti[1]
- Younger Avestan: 𐬐𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬙𐬌 (kər^ənaoⁱti, “makes, does”)
- Old Persian: 𐎤𐎢𐎴𐎢𐎫𐎡𐎹 (ku-u-n-u-t-i-y /⁠kunautiy⁠/)
  - Middle Persian:
    Manichaean script: 𐫐𐫇𐫗𐫏𐫅 (kwnyd)
Proto-Nuristani: *kunóti
- Northern Nuristani:
  - Kamkata-viri:
    Kamviri: ku
    
    Kativiri: ku
- Southern Nuristani:
  - Ashkun: ko
  - Waigali: kõ
→ Proto-Permic: *karni (see there for further descendants)

References

Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*kar”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 236

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[1] Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*kar”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 236