Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćyaHwás

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 *ḱyeh₁-wó-s.^[1] Cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *śī́ˀwas (“gray”).^[1]^[2]

Adjective edit

*ćyaHwás

black-brown, dark-brown, dark

Descendants edit

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *śyaHwás
- Sanskrit: श्याव (śyāvá) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *cyaHwáh (see there for further descendants)

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 661

[IAIL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[2] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 661

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