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Reconstruction:Proto-Nuristani/jā́nu
Proto-Nuristani
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ā́nu.[1]
Noun
*jā́nu[2]
- knee
Descendants
- Northern Nuristani:
- Kamkata-viri:
- Kamviri: jõ
- Kativiri: zũ
- Kamkata-viri:
- Southern Nuristani:
- Ashkun: zā̃
- Waigali: zā̃
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “jānu (5195)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- Strand, Richard F. (2016), “źâ˜”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon