Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wr̥šníš

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 *wr̥sn-í-s, from *wérsēn (“virile man, male animal”).

Noun

*wr̥šníš m

1. ram

Declension

masculine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wr̥šníš	*wr̥šníH	*wr̥šnáyas
vocative	*wr̥šnáy	*wr̥šníH	*wr̥šnáyas
accusative	*wr̥šním	*wr̥šníH	*wr̥šnī́n, -ī́š
instrumental	*wr̥šníH́	*wr̥šníbʰyām	*wr̥šníbʰiš
ablative	*wr̥šnáyš	*wr̥šníbʰyām	*wr̥šníbʰyas
dative	*wr̥šnáyay	*wr̥šníbʰyām	*wr̥šníbʰyas
genitive	*wr̥šnáyš	*wr̥šnyáwš	*wr̥šnáyām?
locative	*wr̥šnā́(w)?	*wr̥šnyáwš	*wr̥šníšu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wr̥šníš (“ram”)
  • Sanskrit: वृष्णि (vṛṣṇí)
• Proto-Iranian: *wr̥šniš
  • Younger Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬥𐬌 (varšni, “ram”)
  • Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami-Munji: *wīrnə
    • Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami: *wīrn
      • Proto-Shughni-Roshani: *wīrn (“breeding ram”)
        • Sarikoli: wern
        • Shughni:

          Khufi, Khughni, Roshani: в̌ӣрм (wīrm)

          Khughni, Roshani: в̌ӣрн (wīrn)