Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćúšnas

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

Possibly borrowed from the BMAC substrate. Compare Proto-Slavic *smokъ (“dragon”), which may be a borrowing from Proto-Iranian *cúšnakah.

Noun

*ćúšnas m[1][2]

  1. (mythology) dragon, serpent

Declension

masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ćúšnas *ćúšnā(w) *ćúšnās(as)
vocative *ćúšna *ćúšnā(w) *ćúšnās(as)
accusative *ćúšnam *ćúšnā(w) *ćúšnāns
instrumental *ćúšnaH *ćúšnaybʰyā(m) *ćúšnāyš
ablative *ćúšnāt *ćúšnaybʰyā(m) *ćúšnaybʰyas
dative *ćúšnāy *ćúšnaybʰyā(m) *ćúšnaybʰyas
genitive *ćúšnasya *ćúšnayās *ćúšnānaHam
locative *ćúšnay *ćúšnayaw *ćúšnayšu

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *śúšnas
    • Sanskrit: शुष्ण (śúṣṇa, “name of a demon slain by Indra”)
  • Proto-Iranian: *cúšnaH f
    • Shughni: [script needed] f (sāγ̌(d))
      Bartagni: [script needed] f (sāwn, “big snake”)
      Khufi: [script needed] f (sāw)
      Rushani: [script needed] f (sāw, “kind of snake”)

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “śúṣṇa-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 649
  2. ^ Witczak, Krzysztof Tomasz (2016) Rozważania nad genezą prasłowiańskiego apelatywu *smokъ [Some reflections on the origin of the Proto-Slavic term for ‘dragon’]‎[2] (in Polish), Uniwersytet Łódzki
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