Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ȷ́ánHas

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 *ǵénh₁os.

Noun

*ȷ́ánHas n

1. race, group of people

Inflection

Athematic
	singular
nominative	*ȷ́ánHas
genitive	*ȷ́ánHasas
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ȷ́ánHas	*ȷ́ánHasiH	*ȷ́ánHasH
vocative	*ȷ́ánHas	*ȷ́ánHasiH	*ȷ́ánHasH
accusative	*ȷ́ánHas	*ȷ́ánHasiH	*ȷ́ánHasH
genitive	*ȷ́ánHasas	*?	*ȷ́ánHasaHam
ablative	*ȷ́ánHasas	*?	*ȷ́ánHasmas
dative	*ȷ́ánHasay	*?	*ȷ́ánHasmas
locative	*ȷ́ánHas, *ȷ́ánHasi	*?	*ȷ́ánHasu
instrumental	*ȷ́ánHasH	*?	*ȷ́ánHasbʰi

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ȷ́ánHas
  • Sanskrit: जनस् (jánas)
  • ⇒ Sanskrit: जन (jána) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *jánHah
  • Younger Avestan: 𐬯𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬋𐬰𐬀𐬥𐬀 (sruuōzana, “of the race of horned animals”)
  • Sogdian: [Term?] (/⁠zang⁠/, “race, sort”)

    Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (zng)

    Syriac script: [Syriac needed] (zng), [Syriac needed] (znk)

  • Parthian:

    Manichaean script: 𐫉𐫗𐫃 (zng /⁠zanag⁠/, “kind, sort”)

  • Old Persian: 𐏀𐎴 (zanaʰ)
    • Middle Persian:

      Manichaean script: 𐫉𐫗𐫃 (zng /⁠zanag⁠/, “kind, sort”)

  • → Old Armenian: -զան (-zan)