Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/kánjuš

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

From *kaĵ- +‎ *-nu. First component is form Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ- with -nu- suffixation in Iranian.

Noun

*kánjuš f

clothing

Descendants

Northeastern Iranian:
- Khotanese: [script needed] (knck, “shirt”)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Kurdish:
  Northern Kurdish: kinc (kinǰ, “clothing”)
- Old Median: *kanzuš
  - → Old Armenian:
    - Armenian: կանձուլ (kanjul), կունձուլ (kunjul)
  - → Elamite: 𒃷𒋢𒊌𒋡 (kán-su-uk-qa), 𒃷𒋢𒋡 (kán-su-qa /kansuka/)
- Parthian:
  Manichaean: [Manichaean needed] (qnjwg /kanǰūg/)
- Zazaki: kinc (kinj)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: [script needed] (*kandu-)
  - → Ancient Greek: κάνδυς (kándus, “a Median garment with loose sleeves”)
→ Sanskrit: कञ्चुक (kañcuka)

References

Schwartz, Martin (2008), “Iranian L, and Some Persian and Zaza Etymologies”, in Iran & the Caucasus, volume 12, issue 2, pages 285–286
Hinz, Walther (1975), “*kančuka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz