Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hangúštʰas

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words 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

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- (“joint”).

Noun

*Hangúštʰas m

thumb
big toe
finger

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Hangúštʰas	*Hangúštʰā	*Hangúštʰā, -ās(as)
vocative	*Hangúštʰa	*Hangúštʰā	*Hangúštʰā, -ās(as)
accusative	*Hangúštʰam	*Hangúštʰā	*Hangúštʰāns
instrumental	*Hangúštʰā	*HangúštʰaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*Hangúštʰāyš
ablative	*Hangúštʰāt	*HangúštʰaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*Hangúštʰaybʰyas
dative	*Hangúštʰāy	*HangúštʰaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*Hangúštʰaybʰyas
genitive	*Hangúštʰasya	*Hangúštʰayās	*Hangúštʰāna(H)m
locative	*Hangúštʰay	*Hangúštʰayaw	*Hangúštʰayšu

Descendants

Indo-Aryan: *Hangúṣṭʰas
- Sanskrit: अङ्गुष्ठ (aṅgúṣṭha)
  - Pali: aṅguṭṭha
  - Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀕𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞 (aṃguṭṭha)
    - Marathi: अंगठा (aṅgṭhā)
    - Konkani: आंग्टे (āṅgṭê)
  - Sauraseni Prakrit: [Term?]
    - Hindi: अंगूठा (aṅgūṭhā)
    - Gujarati: અંગૂઠો (aṅgūṭho)
    - Nepali: औंठी (aũṭhī)
    - Rajasthani: अंगुठौ
    - Urdu: انگوٹھا‎ (angūṭhā)
  - → Bengali: অঙ্গুষ্ঠ (ôṅguṣṭh)
Iranian: *Hangúštah
- Younger Avestan: 𐬀𐬧𐬔𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬀‎ (aṇgušta)
- Gurani: ئەنگوسە‎ (aŋusa), ئەموسە‎ (amusa)
- Khotanese: 𑀳𑀁𑀕𑀼𑀱𑁆𑀝 (haṃguṣṭa)
- Kurdish: engust (angust)
- Old Persian: [script needed] (*angušta)
  - Middle Persian: ʾngwst' (angust)
    - Persian: انگشت‎ (angošt)
      - → Hindi: अंगुश्त (aṅguśt) (rare)
- Ossetian: ӕнгуылдз (æng°ylʒ)
- Sogdian: [script needed] (ʾnkwšt), [script needed] (ʾngwšt /aṁgʷəšt/)
- Yagnobi: [script needed] (unkúšt)
- Zazaki: engışt (angišt)