Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/kánjuš
Proto-Iranian edit
Etymology edit
From *kaĵ- + *-nu. First component is form Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ- with -nu- suffixation in Iranian.
Noun edit
*kánjuš f
Descendants edit
- Northeastern Iranian:
- Khotanese: [script needed] (knck, “shirt”)
- Northwestern Iranian:
- Southwestern Iranian:
- → Sanskrit: कञ्चुक (kañcuka)
References edit
- Schwartz, Martin (2008) “Iranian L, and Some Persian and Zaza Etymologies”, in Iran & the Caucasus, volume 12, number 2, pages 285–286
- Hinz, Walther (1975) “*kančuka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz