Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/yákr̥

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 *yókʷr̥ ~ *yékʷn̥s (“liver”).

Noun

*yákr̥ ~ *yaknás n

1. liver

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *yákr̥
  • Sanskrit: यकृत् (yákṛt) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *yákr̥ (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Nuristani: (< *yaknás)
  • Northern Nuristani:
    • Kamkata-viri:

      Kamviri: yaňí

      Kativiri: yaí

  • Southern Nuristani:
    • Ashkun: yón
    • Waigali: yok

References

• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University