Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hagníš

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 *h₁n̥gʷnís. Cognate with Latin ignis, Proto-Slavic *ogňь.

Noun

*Hagníš m

1. fire

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hagníṣ (see there for further descendants)

References

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 123