Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/cwíšah

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This Proto-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-Iranian

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Etymology

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Unknown; perhaps from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwíšas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwís-o-s, from *ḱweys- (to hiss, whistle, whisper).

Noun

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*cwíšah[1]

  1. louse

Descendants

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  • Central Iranian:
    • Younger Avestan: 𐬯𐬞𐬌𐬱 (spiš)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Ossetian:
      Digor Ossetian: систӕ (sistæ)
      Iron Ossetian: сыст (syst)
    • Sogdo-Bactrian:
      • Khwarezmian: [script needed] (spʾh)
      • Proto-Sogdic:
        • Sogdian: [script needed] (špšh /⁠šp(i)š⁠/)
        • Yagnobi: špuš (šᵘpúš, šⁱpúš)
    • Wakhi: šiš
  • Southeastern Iranian:
    • Ormuri-Parachi:
      • Ormuri: [script needed] (spōī), [script needed] (spūī)
      • Parachi: espō, ispō
    • Proto-Pathan:
      • Pashto: شپږه (špëģa), سپږه (spëģa), (Waziri) [script needed] (spaža)
      • Waneci: [script needed] (zɣānzi)
    • Ishkashimi: [script needed] (s(ь)puḷ), [script needed] (s(ь)pьl)
    • Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami-Munji:
      • Proto-Munji-Yidgha:
        • Munji: [script needed] (s(ᵊ)pəyă)
        • Yidgha: [script needed] (spūo), [script needed] (špūo)
      • Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami:
  • Northwestern Iranian:
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Larestani–Gulf:
      • Gulf:
        • Bashkardi:
          Bandari: [script needed] (šöš), [script needed] (šüš)
          Hormozi: [script needed] (šöš)
          Minābi: [script needed] (šöš)
        • Kumzari:
          Kumzari: šöš
          Lāraki: šiš
      • Lari-Fars:
        • Southwestern Fars:
        Judeo-Shirazi: [script needed] (teš)
        Larestani: [script needed] (heš), [script needed] ()
    • Bakhtiari: [script needed] (šeš)

References

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  1. ^ Cathcart, Chundra Aroor (2015) Iranian Dialectology and Dialectometry (PhD dissertation)[1], Berkeley: University of California at Berkeley, page 135