Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ȷ́ʰánuš

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 *ǵénus with inexplicable aspiration of *ȷ́.

Noun

*ȷ́ʰánuš f[1] (anatomy)

  1. jaw
  2. chin

Inflection

masculine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ȷ́ʰánuš *ȷ́ʰánuH *ȷ́ʰánawas
vocative *ȷ́ʰánaw *ȷ́ʰánuH *ȷ́ʰánawas
accusative *ȷ́ʰánum *ȷ́ʰánuH *ȷ́ʰánunš
instrumental *ȷ́ʰánuH *ȷ́ʰánubʰyā(m) *ȷ́ʰánubʰiš
ablative *ȷ́ʰánwas *ȷ́ʰánubʰyā(m) *ȷ́ʰánubʰyas
dative *ȷ́ʰánaway *ȷ́ʰánubʰyā(m) *ȷ́ʰánubʰyas
genitive *ȷ́ʰánwas *ȷ́ʰánuwās *ȷ́ʰánuHnaHam
locative *ȷ́ʰánāw *ȷ́ʰánuwaw *ȷ́ʰánušu

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *źʰánuṣ
  • Proto-Iranian: *jánuš
    • Avestan: 𐬰𐬁𐬥𐬎 (zānu)
    • Proto-Iranian: *jánukah
      • Kurdish:
        Northern Kurdish: erzink, erzing, çene
        Central Kurdish: چەناگە (çenage), چەنەگە (çenege)
        Southern Kurdish: چناکە (çnake)
        Laki: زِنج (zinc)
      • Proto-Medo-Parthian:
        • Parthian:
          Manichaean script: 𐫉𐫗𐫟 (znx /⁠zanax⁠/)
        • Proto-Zaza-Gorani:
          • Gurani: چەناکە (čanāka), زنج (zinǰ)
          • Zazaki: çenge
        • Persian: چانه (čâne), (Qazwini Dialect) چکن (čakan), چک (čak, upper/lower jaw)
      • Digor Ossetian: закъӕ (zak’æ), зекъӕ (zek’æ)
      • Iron Ossetian: зачъе (zaḱ’e)
      • Middle Persian:
        Manichaean script: 𐫅𐫗𐫇𐫃 (dnwg /⁠danūg⁠/)
      • Lurish:
        • Northern Luri: چناْ (čena)
          Nahavandi: زنج (zenj)
        • Bakhtiari: زنج (zenj)
        • Southern Luri: زنج (zenj)
      • Pashto: زنه (zana)

References

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