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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/šwáćš

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 *swéḱs, with irregular retraction of initial *s- into *š-.

Numeral
Proto-Indo-Iranian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : *šwáćš

*šwáćš[1]

  1. six

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ṣwáṭṣ
    • Sanskrit: षष् (ṣáṣ), षट् (ṣáṭ), ट्षष् (ṭṣáṣ) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Iranian: *xšwáš, *šwáš (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Nuristani: *šúwa (later *ṣúwa with *ṣ from Indo-Aryan)
    • Northern Nuristani:
      • Kamkata-viri:
        Kamviri: ṣú
        Kativiri: ṣú
      • Prasuni: vuṣú, vuṣ
    • Southern Nuristani:

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “ṣáṣ-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
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