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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]

  1. ram

Declension

masculine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wr̥šníš *wr̥šníH *wr̥šnáyas
vocative *wr̥šnáy *wr̥šníH *wr̥šnáyas
accusative *wr̥šním *wr̥šníH *wr̥šnī́n, -ī́š
instrumental *wr̥šníH́ *wr̥šníbʰyām *wr̥šníbʰiš
ablative *wr̥šnáyš *wr̥šníbʰyām *wr̥šníbʰyas
dative *wr̥šnáyay *wr̥šníbʰyām *wr̥šníbʰyas
genitive *wr̥šnáyš *wr̥šnyáwš *wr̥šnáyām?
locative *wr̥šnā́(w)? *wr̥šnyáwš *wr̥šníšu

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wr̥šníš (ram)
  • 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

  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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