Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/tanúHs

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 *tenúh₂s, from *tenuh₂- (“body”), an extension of *ten- (“to stretch”).^[1]^[2] The reflexive use is an Indo-Iranian innovation.

Noun

*tanúHs f

body, self.

Inflection

uH-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tanúHs	—	*tanúHas
vocative	*tánu	—	*tánuHas
accusative	*tanúHam	—	*tanúHas
instrumental	*tanúHaH	—	*tanúHbʰiš
ablative	*tanúHas	—	*tanúHbʰyas
dative	*tanúHay	—	*tanúHbʰyas
genitive	*tanúHas	—	*tanúHnaHam
locative	*tanúH	—	*tanúHsu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *tanúHṣ
- Sanskrit: तनू (tanū́)
  - Pali: tanu
  - Prakrit: 𑀢𑀡𑀽 (taṇū)
    - Marathi: तन (tan)
    - Hindustani:
      - Hindi: तन (tan)
      - Urdu: تن (tan)
    - Punjabi: ਤੰਨ (tanna)
  - → Kannada: ತನುವು (tanuvu)
  - → Telugu: తనువు (tanuvu)
  - → Thai: ตนุ
Proto-Iranian: *tanū́š
- Avestan: 𐬙𐬀𐬥𐬎 (tanu)
- Old Persian: 𐎫𐎵𐎢 (tanū)
  - Middle Persian: tn' (tan)
    - Persian: تن (tan)
      - → Bashkir: тән (tən)
      - Tajik: тан (tan)
      - → Uyghur: تەن (ten)?

References

^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “taní-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 503
^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 618-9; 621-2

[1] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “taní-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 503

[2] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 618-9; 621-2

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