Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćúšnas

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

Possibly borrowed from the BMAC substrate. Compare Proto-Slavic *smokъ (“dragon”), which may be a borrowing from Proto-Iranian *cúšnakah.

Noun

*ćúšnas m

1. (mythology) dragon, serpent

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ćúšnas	*ćúšnā	*ćúšnā, -ās(as)
vocative	*ćúšna	*ćúšnā	*ćúšnā, -ās(as)
accusative	*ćúšnam	*ćúšnā	*ćúšnāns
instrumental	*ćúšnā	*ćúšnaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*ćúšnāyš
ablative	*ćúšnāt	*ćúšnaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*ćúšnaybʰyas
dative	*ćúšnāy	*ćúšnaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*ćúšnaybʰyas
genitive	*ćúšnasya	*ćúšnayās	*ćúšnāna(H)m
locative	*ćúšnay	*ćúšnayaw	*ćúšnayšu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *śúšnas
  • Sanskrit: शुष्ण (śúṣṇa, “name of a demon slain by Indra”)
• Proto-Iranian: *cúšnaH f
  • Shughni: [script needed] f (sāγ̌(d))

    Bartagni: [script needed] f (sāwn, “big snake”)

    Khufi: [script needed] f (sāw)

    Rushani: [script needed] f (sāw, “kind of snake”)