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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
  • 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
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