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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/kr̥dʰHúš

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 *(s)kérdʰh₁-ú-s[1], from *(s)kérdʰh₁eti (“to cut, pierce”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *skardaz (“cut up, damaged”).

Adjective

*kr̥dʰHúš (comparative *krádʰHyas, superlative *krádʰHištʰas)

  1. short
  2. crooked, defective

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kr̥dʰHúš
    • Sanskrit: कृधु (kṛdhú, “short”)
  • Proto-Iranian: *kr̥dHúš (“crooked”)[2]
    • Avestan: 𐬐𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬛𐬎𐬱𐬁‎ (kərədušā, “shortly”)
    • Persian: کل‎ (kol, “short, crooked, defective”)
    • Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami-Munji: *čū́rδ (“crooked”)
      • Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami: *čǿrδ
        • Proto-Shughni-Roshani: *čū́rδ
          • Bartangi: čūrδ
          • Shughni: čūrδ
          • Roshani: čūrδ
          • Sarikoli: čerd, čerδ
        • Yazghulami: kiδ
    • Wakhi: kərd (“crooked”)

References
  1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001), “kṛdhú-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag
  2. Steblin-Kamenskij, I.M. (1999), “kərd”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ vaxanskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Wakhi Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Peterburgskoje Vostokovedenije, →ISBN
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