Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/cušíH

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćušíH,^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *ḱus-íh₁(e),^[2] dual of *ḱus-í-s ~ *ḱus-éy-s, from *ḱwes- (“to puff, sigh”) +‎ *-is.

Noun

*cušíH du^[3]

lungs

Descendants

Central Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬯𐬎𐬱𐬌 f du (suši, “lungs”)
Northeastern Iranian:
- Proto-Scythian: *sušī
  - Proto-Saka-Wakhi: *suṣi^[3]
    - Proto-Saka: *suhä
      - Khotanese: [script needed] (suv̮ä)
  - Proto-Sarmatian: *suš
    - Old Ossetic: *suš
      - Ossetian:
        Digor Ossetian: сос (sos)
        
        Iron Ossetian: сус (sus)
Southeastern Iranian:
- Proto-Pathan:
  - Pashto: سږى (sëģay)
  - Waneci: [script needed] (šəža)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Kurdish:
  - Central Kurdish: سی (sî)
  - Northern Kurdish: sîh
  - Southern Kurdish: سۊیە (süye) (Kalhori), سۊیە (süye) (Zanganei)
  - Laki: سۊیە (süye) (Jalalvandi), سۊە (süe) (Zulai)
- Medo-Parthian:
  - Middle Median:
    - Kermanic: شش (šoš) (Tari), شش (šoš) (Kesehi)
    - Shahrudi: شش (šəš) (Koluri), سس (səs) (Gilavani)
  - Gurani: سسی (sisī), سۊیە (süya)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (swš /⁠suš⁠/)
  - Classical Persian: شش (šuš)
    - Dari: شش (šuš)
    - Iranian Persian: شش (šoš)
    - Tajik: шуш (šuš)
      - → Sanglechi: [script needed] (ṣ̌əṣ̌)
      - → Shughni: [script needed] (ṣ̌ūṣ̌, x̣̌uṣ̌, sux̌)
      - → Wakhi: [script needed] (ṣ̌ūṣ̌, x̣̌uṣ̌)

References

^ de Vaan, Michiel (2003), Beekes, R.S.P., Lubotsky, A., Weitenberg, J.J.S., editors, The Avestan Vowels (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 12), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 291
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hwēsan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 266: “YAv. suši du.f. ‘the lungs’ < *ḱus-ih₁.”
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2016), Einführung ins Ostmitteliranische [Introduction to East-Central Iranian]‎^[2] (in German), Jena: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, page 16: “*suši- > *suẓi > suväʾ”

[1] Vaan, Michiel (2003), Beekes, R.S.P., Lubotsky, A., Weitenberg, J.J.S., editors, The Avestan Vowels (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 12), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 291

[2] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hwēsan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 266: “YAv. suši du.f. ‘the lungs’ < *ḱus-ih₁.”

[Kummel-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2016), Einführung ins Ostmitteliranische [Introduction to East-Central Iranian]‎^[2] (in German), Jena: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, page 16: “*suši- > *suẓi > suväʾ”

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