Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hangúštʰas

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

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- (“joint”), albeit with unclear morphology.^[1]

Noun

*Hangúštʰas m

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Hangúštʰas	*Hangúštʰā(w)	*Hangúštʰās(as)
vocative	*Hangúštʰa	*Hangúštʰā(w)	*Hangúštʰās(as)
accusative	*Hangúštʰam	*Hangúštʰā(w)	*Hangúštʰāns
instrumental	*HangúštʰaH	*Hangúštʰaybʰyā(m)	*Hangúštʰāyš
ablative	*Hangúštʰāt	*Hangúštʰaybʰyā(m)	*Hangúštʰaybʰyas
dative	*Hangúštʰāy	*Hangúštʰaybʰyā(m)	*Hangúštʰaybʰyas
genitive	*Hangúštʰasya	*Hangúštʰayās	*HangúštʰānaHam
locative	*Hangúštʰay	*Hangúštʰayaw	*Hangúštʰayšu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hangúṣṭʰas
- Sanskrit: अङ्गुष्ठ (aṅgúṣṭha) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *Hangúštah
- Younger Avestan: 𐬀𐬧𐬔𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬀 (aṇgušta)
- Gurani: ئەنگوسە (aŋusa), ئەموسە (amusa)
- Khotanese: 𑀳𑀁𑀕𑀼𑀱𑁆𑀝 (haṃguṣṭa)
- Kurdish:
  Central Kurdish: ئەنگوست (engust)
  
  Northern Kurdish: engust
- Old Persian: [script needed] (*angušta)
  - Middle Persian: ʾngwst' (angust)
    - Persian: انگشت (angošt)
      - → Hindi: अंगुश्त (aṅguśt) (rare)
- Digor Ossetian: ӕнгулдзӕ (ængulʒæ)
- Iron Ossetian: ӕнгуылдз (æng°ylʒ)
- Sogdian: [script needed] (ʾnkwšt), [script needed] (ʾngwšt /⁠aṁgʷəšt⁠/)
- Yagnobi: [script needed] (unkúšt)
- Zazaki: engışt (angišt)

References

^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “aṅgus·t·há-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 32

[1] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “aṅgus·t·há-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 32

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