Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/HastčiHwánts

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

Per Lubotsky, a compound of Proto-Indo-Iranian *HástʰH (“bone”) and the derivative of Proto-Indo-European *(s)kiHu- (“shin”). The first element is from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁. According to Martirosyan, the second element is independently reflected in Old Armenian ճիւ (čiw), an Iranian borrowing; compare also Proto-Slavic *cě̄và (“shin, bobbin”).

Noun

*HastčiHwánts m

the shin, lower part of the leg

Inflection

consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*HastčiHwánts	*HastčiHwántā(w)	*HastčiHwántas
vocative	*HástčiHwant	*HástčiHwantā(w)	*HástčiHwantas
accusative	*HastčiHwántam	*HastčiHwántā(w)	*HastčiHwátas
instrumental	*HastčiHwátaH	*HastčiHwádbʰyā(m)	*HastčiHwádbʰiš
ablative	*HastčiHwátas	*HastčiHwádbʰyā(m)	*HastčiHwádbʰyaH
dative	*HastčiHwátay	*HastčiHwádbʰyā(m)	*HastčiHwádbʰyaH
genitive	*HastčiHwátas	*HastčiHwátHās	*HastčiHwátaHam
locative	*HastčiHwánti	*HastčiHwátHaw	*HastčiHwátsu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *HaṣṭʰiHwánts
- Sanskrit: अष्ठीवत् (aṣṭhīvát) (nom.sg. अष्ठीवान् (aṣṭhīvān))
Proto-Iranian: *HastčiHwánts
- Avestan: 𐬀𐬯𐬗𐬎𐬎𐬀 (ascuua)

Derived terms

Unsorted formations
- Iranian:
  - Avestan: 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬯𐬗𐬎𐬎𐬋 (huuascuuō, “with beautiful shanks”)

References

Martirosyan, Hrach (2005) “On Armenian čiw ‘shank’”, in Iran and the Caucasus‎^[1], volume 9, number 1, pages 81–84
Lubotsky, Alexander (2002) “The Indo-Iranian Word for ‘shank, shin’”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society‎^[2], volume 122, number 2, pages 318–324