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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ǰátu

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 *gʷét-u, from *gʷet- (“resin, gum”)[1]. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *kweduz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-ú-s.

Noun

*ǰátu n [2]

  1. gum

Descendants
  • Indo-Aryan: *ȷ́átu
    • Sanskrit: जतु (játu)
      • Dardic: *ǰátu
        • Kashmiri: زو‎ (zav)
      • Magadhi Prakrit: [Term?]
        • Bengali: জউ (jôu, “lac”)
        • Oriya: ଜଉ (jôu, “lac”)
      • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀚𑀉 (jaü)
      • Pali: jatu
  • Iranian: *ǰátu
    • Southeastern Iranian:
      • Pashto: ژاوله‎ (žā́wla), جاوله‎ (jā́nwla), جانوله‎ (jā́nwala), زاوله‎ (zā́wla)
    • Northwestern Iranian:
      • Kurdish: ژوی‎ (žiwī), جەوی‎ (ǰawī), جەوگ‎ (ǰawig)
      • → Northern Luri: [script needed] (ževi)
      • → Persian: ژد‎ (žad, “gum”) (dialectal)
    • Southwestern Iranian:
      • Bakhtiari: [script needed] (zeδī)
      • Southern Luri: [script needed] (zehī)
      • → Kermanic: [script needed] (zay), [script needed] (zatūk) (Abyaneh)
    • ⇒ Iranian: *Hanguǰatu (“asafoetida”) (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*kwedu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 315
  2. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “jatu-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
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