Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/kr̥dʰHúš

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

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)

short
crooked, defective

Descendants

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

References

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

[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