Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćráwniš

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱlównis. Cognate with Proto-Italic *klounis.

Noun edit

*ćráwniš f[1]

  1. (anatomy) buttocks

Declension edit

feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ćráwniš *ćráwniH *ćráwnayas
vocative *ćráwnay *ćráwniH *ćráwnayas
accusative *ćráwnim *ćráwniH *ćráwnīn, -īš
instrumental *ćráwn(išt)yā *ćráwnibʰyām *ćráwnibʰiš
ablative *ćráwnayš, *-yaš *ćráwnibʰyām *ćráwnibʰyas
dative *ćráwnayay *ćráwnibʰyām *ćráwnibʰyas
genitive *ćráwnayš *ćráwnyawš *ćráwnayām?
locative *ćráwnāw, *-yā *ćráwnyawš *ćráwnišu

Descendants edit

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *śráwniṣ
  • Proto-Iranian: *cráwniš (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Nuristani: (hip, thigh)
    • Northern Nuristani:
    • Southern Nuristani:

References edit

  1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śrṓṇi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press