Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ǰáǰʰukas

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 *ǰáǰʰuš, *ǰáǰʰas +‎ *-kas; compare Avestan 𐬘𐬀𐬲𐬎 (jažu, “hedgehog”). Pokorny compares Lithuanian šeškas (“ferret, polecat”).[1]

Noun

*ǰáǰʰukas m

  1. hedgehog

Inflection

masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ǰáǰʰukas *ǰáǰʰukā(w) *ǰáǰʰukās(as)
vocative *ǰáǰʰuka *ǰáǰʰukā(w) *ǰáǰʰukās(as)
accusative *ǰáǰʰukam *ǰáǰʰukā(w) *ǰáǰʰukāns
instrumental *ǰáǰʰukaH *ǰáǰʰukaybʰyā(m) *ǰáǰʰukāyš
ablative *ǰáǰʰukāt *ǰáǰʰukaybʰyā(m) *ǰáǰʰukaybʰyas
dative *ǰáǰʰukāy *ǰáǰʰukaybʰyā(m) *ǰáǰʰukaybʰyas
genitive *ǰáǰʰukasya *ǰáǰʰukayās *ǰáǰʰukānaHam
locative *ǰáǰʰukay *ǰáǰʰukayaw *ǰáǰʰukayšu

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ȷ́áźʰakas
  • Proto-Iranian: *ǰúǰakah (see there for further descendants)

References

  • Voskanian, V., & Boyajian-Sureniants, V. (2007). Lexical Gleanings from Bašākard. Iran & the Caucasus, 121-125.
  • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “424”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 424
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