Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wr̥šníš

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 *wr̥sn-í-s, from *wérsēn (“virile man, male animal”).

Noun

*wr̥šníš m^[1]

ram

Declension

masculine/feminine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wr̥šníš	*wr̥šníH	*wr̥šnáyas
vocative	*wŕ̥šnay	*wŕ̥šniH	*wŕ̥šnayas
accusative	*wr̥šním	*wr̥šníH	*wr̥šnínš
instrumental	*wr̥šníH	*wr̥šníbʰyā(m)	*wr̥šníbʰiš
ablative	*wr̥šnáyš	*wr̥šníbʰyā(m)	*wr̥šníbʰyas
dative	*wr̥šnáyay	*wr̥šníbʰyā(m)	*wr̥šníbʰyas
genitive	*wr̥šnáyš	*wr̥šniyā́s	*wr̥šniHnáHam
locative	*wr̥šnā́y	*wr̥šniyáw	*wr̥šníšu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wr̥šníš (“ram”)
- Sanskrit: वृष्णि (vṛṣṇí)
Proto-Iranian: *wr̥šniš
- Younger Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬥𐬌 (varšni, “ram”)
- Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami-Munji: *wīrnə
  - Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami: *wīrn
    - Proto-Shughni-Roshani: *wīrn (“breeding ram”)
      - Sarikoli: wern
      - Shughni:
        Khufi, Khughni, Roshani: в̌ӣрм (wīrm)
        
        Khughni, Roshani: в̌ӣрн (wīrn)

References

^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “vr̥ṣṇí-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University: “uršni-”

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

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