Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćákr̥

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *ḱókʷr̥ (“dung”).

Noun

*ćákr̥ n

1. dung, excrement, faeces

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *śákr̥
  • Sanskrit: शकृत् (śákṛt) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *cákr̥
  • Baluchi: سغن (saġan, “dung”)
  • Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (slgyn' /⁠sargēn⁠/, “dung, manure”)
    • Classical Persian: سرگین (sargēn, “dung”)
    • → Arabic: سِرْجِين (sirjīn), سِرْقِين (sirqīn)
  • Old Khotanese: [script needed] (satana) (< *sakan)
• Proto-Nuristani: *cakírta, *cakā́na (< *ćákr̥t ~ *ćaknás)
  • Northern Nuristani:
    • Kamkata-viri:

      Kamviri: ćíṭ, ćṹ

      Kativiri: ćíṭ, ćú

    • Prasuni: žiṭe, zõ
  • Southern Nuristani:
    • Ashkun: gasā̃́ (< *gā́wā-cakā́na)
    • Waigali: ćoṭ