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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs, with irregular retraction of initial *s- into *š-.

Numeral edit

**Proto-Indo-Iranian cardinal numbers**
< 5	6	7 >
Cardinal : *šwáćš

*šwáćš^[1]

six

Descendants edit

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ṣwáṭṣ
- Sanskrit: षष् (ṣáṣ), षट् (ṣáṭ) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *xšwáš, *šwáš (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Nuristani: *šúwa (later *ṣúwa with *ṣ from Indo-Aryan)
- Northern Nuristani:
  - Kamkata-viri:
    Kamviri: ṣú
    
    Kativiri: ṣú
  - Prasuni: vuṣú, vuṣ
- Southern Nuristani:
  - Ashkun: ṣó
  - Tregami: ṣú
  - Waigali: ṣu

References edit

^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “ṣáṣ-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[1] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “ṣáṣ-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

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