Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/HastčiHwánts

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

Per Lubotsky, a compound of Proto-Indo-Iranian *HástʰH (“bone”) and the derivative of Proto-Indo-European *(s)kiHu- (“shin”). The first element is from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁. According to Martirosyan, the second element is independently reflected in Old Armenian ճիւ (čiw), an Iranian borrowing; compare also Proto-Slavic *cě̄và (“shin, bobbin”).

Noun

*HastčiHwánts m

1. the shin, lower part of the leg

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *HaṣṭʰiHwánts
  • Sanskrit: अष्ठीवत् (aṣṭhīvát) (nom.sg. अष्ठीवान् (aṣṭhīvān))
• Proto-Iranian: *HastčiHwánts
  • Avestan: 𐬀𐬯𐬗𐬎𐬎𐬀 (ascuua)

Derived terms

• Unsorted formations
  • Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬯𐬗𐬎𐬎𐬋 (huuascuuō, “with beautiful shanks”)

References

• Martirosyan, Hrach (2005) “On Armenian čiw ‘shank’”, in Iran and the Caucasus‎^[1], volume 9, number 1, pages 81–84
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2002) “The Indo-Iranian Word for ‘shank, shin’”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society‎^[2], volume 122, number 2, pages 318–324