Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/yákr̥

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 *yókʷr̥ ~ *yékʷn̥s (“liver”).

Noun

yákr̥ ~ *yaknáh n

liver

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *yákr̥
- Sanskrit: यकृत् (yákṛt) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *yákr̥ (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Nuristani: (< *yaknás)
- Northern Nuristani:
  - Kamkata-viri:
    Kamviri: yaňí
    
    Kativiri: yaí
- Southern Nuristani:
  - Ashkun: yón
  - Waigali: yok

References

Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

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