Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ȷ́ʰŕ̥dayam

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 *ḱḗr, or its oblique stem *ḱr̥d-. The initial voiced aspirate is left unexplained.

Noun

*ȷ́ʰŕ̥dayam

1. heart

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *źʰŕ̥dayam
  • Sanskrit: हृदय (hṛ́daya), हृद् (hṛ́d) (in the weak cases) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *jŕ̥dayam (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Nuristani:
  • Northern Nuristani:
    • Kamkata-viri:

      Kamviri: źarë

      Kativiri: zërë

    • Prasuni: zër
  • Southern Nuristani:
    • Ashkun: židi
    • Tregami: źo
    • Waigali: zö