Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/yunákti

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 *yunégti (“to be joining”).

Verb

*yunákti[1]

to yoke, harness

Descendants

Indo-Aryan: *yunákti ~ *yunȷ́ánti
- Sanskrit: युनक्ति (yunákti)[2], युन्जन्ति (yunjánti)
  - Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀚𑀼𑀁𑀚𑀇 (juṃjaï)
    - Marathi: जुंपणे (jumpṇe, “to yoke, make work”)
  - Pali: yuñjati
Iranian: *yunákti ~ *yunǰánti[3]
- Younger Avestan: 𐬫𐬎𐬘𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌‎‎ (yujiieiti‎)

References

Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “yoj”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “yunákti (10503)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*i̯auǰ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 217-218

[1] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “yoj”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[2] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “yunákti (10503)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

[3] Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*i̯auǰ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 217-218