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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/čakrám
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Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlóm.
Noun
*čakrám n
- wheel
Declension
| neuter a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *čakrám | *čakráy | *čakráH |
| vocative | *čakrám | *čakráy | *čakráH |
| accusative | *čakrám | *čakráy | *čakráH |
| instrumental | *čakrā́ | *čakráybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām | *čakrā́yš |
| ablative | *čakrā́t | *čakráybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām | *čakráybʰyas |
| dative | *čakrā́y | *čakráybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām | *čakráybʰyas |
| genitive | *čakrásya | *čakráyās | *čakrā́na(H)m |
| locative | *čakráy | *čakráyaw | *čakráyšu |
Descendants
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ćakrám
- Sanskrit: चक्र (cakrá) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Iranian: *čaxrám (see there for further descendants)
From earlier *ḱekrám:
- → Proto-Finnic: *kekrä (“yearly feast”)
- Finnish: kekri
- → Proto-Samic: *keavrē (“curved object, rim on a ski pole”)
References
- Thomas V. Gamkrelidze; Vjaceslav V. Ivanov (1995) Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans, page 306