Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/šwáćš

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/šwáćš

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 *swéḱs.

Numeral

Proto-Indo-Iranian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *šwáćš

*šwáćš[1]

1. six

Descendants

• Indo-Aryan: *ṣwáṭṣ
  • Sanskrit: षष् (ṣáṣ), षट् (ṣáṭ) (see there for further descendants)
• Iranian: *xšwáš, *šwáš
  • Avestan: 𐬑𐬴𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬱‎ (xṣ̌uuaš)
  • Baluchi: شش‎ (šaš)
  • Kurdish: şeş
  • Middle Persian:

    Inscriptional Pahlavi: 𐭱𐭲𐭠‎ (šaš)

    • Persian: شش‎ (šaš, šeš)
    • Tajik: шаш (šaš)
• Nuristani:
  • Northern Nuristani:
    • Kamkata-viri:

      Kamviri: ṣu

      Kativiri: ṣu

    • Prasuni: vuṣ, vuṣu
  • Southern Nuristani:
    • Ashkun: ṣo
    • Tregami: ṣu
    • Waigali: ṣu

References

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