Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ȷ́ʰánuš

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ȷ́ʰánuš

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 *ǵénus with unetymological aspiration of *ĵ.

Noun

*ȷ́ʰánuš f[1] (anatomy)

1. jaw
2. chin

Descendants

• Indo-Aryan: *źʰánuṣ
  • Sanskrit: हनु (hánu)
• Iranian: *ĵánuš
  • Avestan: 𐬰𐬁𐬥𐬎‎ (zānu)
  • ⇒ Iranian: *ȷ́ánukah
    • Kurdish:

      Northern Kurdish: erzink/g (arzink/g), çene (čana)

      Central Kurdish: چەنە/اگە‎ (čana/āga)

      Southern Kurdish: چناکە‎ (čināka)

      Laki: زنج‎ (zinǰ)

    • Medo-Parthian: [Term?]
      • Parthian:

        Manichaean: 𐫉𐫗𐫟‎ (znx /zanax/)

        • → Persian: زنخ‎ (zanakh)
      • Zaza-Gorani: [Term?]
        • Gurani: چەناکە‎ (čanāka), زنج‎ (zinǰ)
        • Zazaki: çenge (čanga)
      • → Persian: چانه‎ (čâne), (Qazwini Dialect) چکن‎ (čakan), چک‎ (čak, “upper/lower jaw”)
    • Ossetian: зекъӕ (zek’æ)
    • Middle Persian:

      Manichaean: 𐫅𐫗𐫇𐫃‎ (dnwg /damūg/)

    • Pashto: زنه‎ (zana)

References

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