Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/kaćúš
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kénḱ-u-s ~ *kn̥ḱ-éw-s, from *kenḱ- + *-us. Perhaps cognate with Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, “bad, awful, worthless”), Lithuanian keñkti (“to ache”), Proto-Germanic *hungruz (“hunger”).[1]
Adjective[edit]
*kaćúš[2]
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kaśúṣ
- Sanskrit: कशु (kaśú)
- Proto-Iranian: *kacúš (see there for further descendants)
References[edit]
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κακός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 619-620
- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “kaśú-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University