Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/šwáćš

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 *swéḱs, with irregular retraction of initial *s- into *š-.

Numeral

Proto-Indo-Iranian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *šwáćš

*šwáćš

1. six

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ṣwáṭṣ
  • Sanskrit: षष् (ṣáṣ), षट् (ṣáṭ), ट्षष् (ṭṣáṣ) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *xšwáš, *šwáš (see there for further descendants)
• >? Proto-Nuristani: (or from Indo-Aryan due to initial *ṣ)
  • Northern Nuristani:
    • Kamkata-viri:

      Kamviri: ṣu

      Kativiri: ṣu

    • Prasuni: vuṣu, vuṣ
  • Southern Nuristani:
    • Ashkun: ṣo
    • Tregami: ṣu
    • Waigali: ṣu