Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/kr̥šnás

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 *kr̥snós. Cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *kiršnas.

Adjective

*kr̥šnás

black, dark

Descendants

Indo-Aryan: *kr̥ṣnás
- Sanskrit: कृष्ण (kṛṣṇá, “black, dark”)
  - Dardic: *kr̥ṣná
    - Kalasha: kríṣna
    - Kashmiri: کرُٚہُن‎ (kruٚun)
  - Pali: kaṇha
Iranian: *kr̥šnah
- Persian: کرسنه‎ (kersne, “dirt, dirty”), (in Shirazi dialect) Persian: قرسنه‎ (qeresne, “dirt, dirty”)