Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ȷ́ā́nu

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 *ǵónu.

Noun

*ȷ́ā́nu n

1. knee

Declension

neuter u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ȷ́ā́naw	*ȷ́ā́nuH	*ȷ́ā́nuH
vocative	*ȷ́ā́naw	*ȷ́ā́nuH	*ȷ́ā́nuH
accusative	*ȷ́ā́naw	*ȷ́ā́nuH	*ȷ́ā́nuH
instrumental	*ȷ́ā́nuH	*ȷ́ā́nubʰyaH	*ȷ́ā́nubʰiš
ablative	*ȷ́ā́nawš	*ȷ́ā́nubʰyaH	*ȷ́ā́nubʰyas
dative	*ȷ́ā́naway	*ȷ́ā́nubʰyaH	*ȷ́ā́nubʰyas
genitive	*ȷ́ā́nawš	*ȷ́ā́nuwaHs	*ȷ́ā́nunām?
locative	*ȷ́ā́nā(w)?	*ȷ́ā́nuwaw	*ȷ́ā́nušu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ȷ́ā́nu
  • Sanskrit: जानु (jā́nu) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *jā́nu (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Nuristani: *jā́nu (see there for further descendants)

Derived terms

• *ȷ́nú (zero-grade)
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ȷ́nú
    • Sanskrit: ज्ञु (jñú)
  • Proto-Iranian: *jnú
    • Avestan: 𐬲𐬥𐬎 (žnu)
    • Old Persian:
      • Middle Persian: [script needed] (šnwk' /⁠šnōg⁠/)
    • Kurdish:

      Central Kurdish: ئەژنۆ (ejno)

      Northern Kurdish: ejnû, jinû