Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/slagžʰnás

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 *slágžʰati (“to slip, slide”) +‎ *-nás.

Adjective

*slagžʰnás^[1]

soft, tender
smooth, slippery

Alternative reconstructions

*slakšnás^[2]

Related terms

*slágžʰati

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *slagẓʰnás
- Sanskrit: श्लक्ष्ण (ślakṣṇá, “tender, soft”) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *(h)lagžnáh^[1]
- Ossetian: (“smooth, polished”)
  Digor Ossetian: лигъз (liǧz)
  
  Iron Ossetian: лӕгъз (læǧz)
- Parachi: لهنو (lhanȫ, “slippery”)
- Pashto: لغزن (laǧzën, “slippery”)
- Persian: لشن (lašan, “soft, smooth”)
- Tajik: лағжонак (laġžonak)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Morgenstierne, Georg (1929, 1938) “lhanȫ”, in Vol. I: Parachi and Ormuri, Vol. II: Iranian Pamir Languages (Indo-Iranian Frontier Languages), Oslo: Instituttet for Sammenlignende Kulturforskning; H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), page 269: “*(h)laxšna-”
^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “ślakṣṇá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 673

[IIFL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Morgenstierne, Georg (1929, 1938) “lhanȫ”, in Vol. I: Parachi and Ormuri, Vol. II: Iranian Pamir Languages (Indo-Iranian Frontier Languages), Oslo: Instituttet for Sammenlignende Kulturforskning; H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), page 269: “*(h)laxšna-”

[2] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “ślakṣṇá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 673

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