User:Victar/Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/kánĵuš
Proto-Iranian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *kénǵ-u-s, from *kenǵ- (“to surround, cover”) + *-us. Cognate with Latin cingō (“to surround”). Altermativelly from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ-.[1]
Noun
edit*kánĵuš
Related terms
edit- *kángaH
- Khotanese: [script needed] (kangā)
- *kánaH
- Khotanese: [script needed] (kanā, “film”)
- *kánati (“to cover”)
- Khotanese: [script needed] (kan-)
akana- ‘cover for arrows’, M.Pers.T. kndyr 'cover for arrows’, ZorJP. kntyl (*kana{t)-tigri-), Syriac qtyrq-, qtrq-.
Derives terms
edit- *kánĵukah (“cloak, coat”)[2]
Descendants
edit- Northwestern Iranian:
- Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: [script needed] (*kanduš)
- → Ancient Greek: κάνδυς (kándus, “a Median garment with loose sleeves”)
- Old Persian: [script needed] (*kanduš)
References
edit- ^ Schwartz, Martin (2008) “Iranian L, and Some Persian and Zaza Etymologies”, in Iran & the Caucasus, volume 12, number 2, pages 285–286
- ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*kančuka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz
- ^ Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press