< Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian
Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wr̥šníš
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Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wr̥sn-í-s, from *wérsēn (“virile man, male animal”).
Noun
*wr̥šníš m[1]
- ram
Declension
| masculine i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *wr̥šníš | *wr̥šníH | *wr̥šnáyas |
| vocative | *wr̥šnáy | *wr̥šníH | *wr̥šnáyas |
| accusative | *wr̥šním | *wr̥šníH | *wr̥šnī́n, -ī́š |
| instrumental | *wr̥šníH́ | *wr̥šníbʰyām | *wr̥šníbʰiš |
| ablative | *wr̥šnáyš | *wr̥šníbʰyām | *wr̥šníbʰyas |
| dative | *wr̥šnáyay | *wr̥šníbʰyām | *wr̥šníbʰyas |
| genitive | *wr̥šnáyš | *wr̥šnyáwš | *wr̥šnáyām? |
| locative | *wr̥šnā́(w)? | *wr̥šnyáwš | *wr̥šníšu |
Descendants
- Indo-Aryan: *wr̥šníš (“ram”)
- Sanskrit: वृष्णि (vṛṣṇí)
- Iranian: *wr̥šniš
- Younger Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬥𐬌 (varšni, “ram”)
- Shughni-Yazghulami-Munji: *wīrnə
- Shughni-Yazghulami: *wīrn
- Shughni-Roshani: *wīrn (“breeding ram”)
- Sarikoli: wern
- Shughni:
- Khufi, Khughni, Roshani: wīrm
- Khughni, Roshani: wīrn
- Shughni-Roshani: *wīrn (“breeding ram”)
- Shughni-Yazghulami: *wīrn
References
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) , “vr̥ṣṇí-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University