Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/slagžʰnás

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

Uncertain; likely from *slágžʰati (“to slip, slide”) +‎ *-nás, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *slég⁽ʷ⁾ʰ-se-ti, from *sleg⁽ʷ⁾ʰ- +‎ *-seti. Possibly cognate with Latin langueō (“to be limp, sluggish”), laxus (“spacious, wide, loose”), Old English slæc, Old Saxon slac, Old Norse slakr (“slack”), Old Irish lac (“slack”), Ancient Greek λαγαίω (lagaíō, “to release”).

Adjective

*slagžʰnás[1]

soft, tender
smooth, slippery

Alternative reconstructions

*slakšnás[2]

Related terms

*slágžʰati
- Iranian: *(h)lágžati
  - Baluchi: لغوشای‎ (laǧušaǧ, “to slip”)
  - Persian: لغزیدن‎ (lağzīdan), لخشیدن‎ (laxšīdan, “to slip, slide”)

Descendants

Indo-Aryan: *slagẓʰnás
- Sanskrit: श्लक्ष्ण (ślakṣṇá, “tender, soft”) (see there for further descendants)
Iranian: *(h)lagžnáh[1]
- Ossetian: (“smooth, polished”)
  Digor: лигъз (liǧz)
  Iron: лӕгъз (læǧz)
- Parachi: لهنو (lhanȫ, “slippery”)
- Pashto: لغزن‎ (laǧzën, “slippery”)
- Persian: لشن‎ (lašan, “soft, smooth”)
- Tajik: лағжонак (laġžonak)

References

Morgenstierne, George (1929, 1938) , “lhanȫ”, in Vol. I: Parachi and Ormuri, Vol. II: Iranian Pamir Languages (Indo-Iranian Frontier Languages), Oslo: Instituttet for Sammenlignende Kulturforskning; H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), page 269: “*(h)laxšna-”
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) , “ślakṣṇá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 673

[IIFL-1] Morgenstierne, George (1929, 1938) , “lhanȫ”, in Vol. I: Parachi and Ormuri, Vol. II: Iranian Pamir Languages (Indo-Iranian Frontier Languages), Oslo: Instituttet for Sammenlignende Kulturforskning; H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), page 269: “*(h)laxšna-”

[2] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) , “ślakṣṇá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 673