Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ȷ́antúš
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Proto-Indo-Iranian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-tú-, from *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, give birth”).[1]
Noun[edit]
*ȷ́antúš m
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ĵantúṣ
- Sanskrit: जन्तु (jantú, “offspring, person, creature, insect”)
- Proto-Iranian: *jantúš (“tribe”)
References[edit]
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 570