Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ȷ́aluš

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

Potentially from a Proto-Indo-European *ǵelu-, from *ǵel- (“swallow”). Only Celtic cognates are attested, e.g. Old Irish gil.

Noun

*ȷ́aluš

1. leech

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ȷ́aluṣ
  • ⇒ Sanskrit: जलूका f (jalūkā) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *jaluš
  • Pashto: ژوره (žawǝ́ra)
  • Baluchi: زراغ (zarāγ)
  • Kurdish:
    • Northern Kurdish: zero, zêro, zêrû
    • Central Kurdish: زێروو (zêrû)
    • Southern Kurdish: زالۊ (zalü)
  • Middle Persian: (/⁠⁠zalūg⁠⁠/)

    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (złwk')

    • Classical Persian: زلو (zalū)

      Persian: زالو (zâlu), زروک (zorūk), شلوک (šalūk~šolūk)

      Tajik: золу (zolu), зуллук (zulluk), шуллук (šulluk)

    • → Old Armenian: տզրուկ (tzruk)
      • Armenian: տզրուկ (tzruk)
        • → Northern Kurdish: tizrûg