Reconstruction:Proto-Sogdic/zā́nukā

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Reconstruction:Proto-Sogdic/zā́nukā

This Proto-Sogdic 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-Sogdic

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *ĵā́nukaH, from *ȷ́ā́nu +‎ *-kaH.

Noun

*zā́nukā f[1]

1. knee

Descendants

• Sogdian: (/zā̆nū̆k, zā̆nū̆kā̆/)

  Buddhist: [script needed] (z’n’wk), [script needed] (zn’wk’)

  Manichaean: 𐫉𐫗𐫇𐫞‎‎ (znwq‎)

• Yagnobi: zōnk

References

1. Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎, Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 105