Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ukšā́

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 *uksḗn.

Noun

*ukšā́ m

bull

Declension

consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ukšā́	*ukšánā(w)	*ukšánas
vocative	*úkšan	*úkšanā(w)	*úkšanas
accusative	*ukšánam	*ukšánā(w)	*ukšnás
instrumental	*ukšnáH	*ukšabʰyā́(m)	*ukšabʰíš
ablative	*ukšnás	*ukšabʰyā́(m)	*ukšabʰyáH
dative	*ukšnáy	*ukšabʰyā́(m)	*ukšabʰyáH
genitive	*ukšnás	*ukšaHā́s	*ukšnáHam
locative	*ukšáni	*ukšaHáw	*ukšasú

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *(H)ukṣā́
- Sanskrit: उक्षन् (ukṣán, “bull; ox”) (nom. sg. उक्षा (ukṣā́))
  - Pali: ukkhā
Proto-Iranian: *(H)uxšā́
- Avestan: 𐬎𐬑𐬱𐬁𐬥 (uxšān, “bull”)
- Old Median: *uxšā
  - ⇒ Old Median: *Uxšapā (“protector of bulls”) (personal name)
    - → Aramaic: [script needed] (whšp)
→? Proto-Uralic: *uškɜ (“ox, bull”)^[1] (see there for further descendants)
Unsorted formations:
- Iranian:
  - Old Mazanderani: حشو (hašu, “a two-year-old water buffalo”)

References

^ Rédei, Károly (1988) “Die syrjänische Sprache”, in Sinor, Denis, editor, The Uralic languages: description, history and foreign influences, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 661: “*uškɜ”

[1] Rédei, Károly (1988) “Die syrjänische Sprache”, in Sinor, Denis, editor, The Uralic languages: description, history and foreign influences, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 661: “*uškɜ”

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