Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/kšnáwti

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 *ksnéwti.

Verb

*kšnáwti

1. to whet, sharpen

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kṣnáwti
  • Sanskrit: क्ष्णौति (kṣṇáuti, “to whet, sharpen”)
• Proto-Iranian: *xšnáwti
  • Old Avestan: 𐬑𐬱𐬥𐬆𐬎𐬎𐬍𐬱𐬁 (xšnəuuīšā, 2sg.pres.)
  • ⇒ Proto-Iranian: *aHxšnáwti (“to hear (< to sharpen (one's ears))”)
    • Younger Avestan: 𐬑𐬱𐬥𐬆𐬎𐬎𐬍𐬱𐬁 (xšnəuuīšā)
    • Gurani: ژنەۋای (žnawāy), ئەژنەۋای (ažnawāy), ئەژنیەی (ažniyay)
    • Kurdish:

      Southern Kurdish: ژنەوین (jnewîn), ژنەفتن (jneftin), ئەژنەوین (ejnewîn), ئەژنەفتن (ejneftin)

      Laki: شِنەفتن (şineftin)

    • Parthian:

      Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫢𐫗𐫇𐫏𐫅 (ʾšnwyd), 𐫀𐫢𐫗𐫇𐫏𐫏𐫅 (ʾšnwyyd)

    • Old Persian: 𐎠𐎧𐏁𐎵𐎢𐎷𐎡𐎹 (a-x-š-nu-u-mi-i-y /⁠āxšnumiy, āxšnūmiy⁠/, “to hear”)
      • Middle Persian:

        Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (šnwynd /⁠āšnūyind⁠/, 3pl.pres.act.)

        • Persian: شنیدن (šenidan)