Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/yákr̥

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 *yókʷr̥ ~ *yékʷn̥s (“liver”).

Noun

*yákr̥ ~ *yaknás n

liver

Inflection

neuter consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*yákr̥	*yákniH	*yákār
vocative	*yákr̥	*yákniH	*yákār
accusative	*yákr̥	*yákniH	*yákār
instrumental	*yaknáH	*yakábʰyā(m)	*yakábʰiš
ablative	*yaknás	*yakábʰyā(m)	*yakábʰyaH
dative	*yaknáy	*yakábʰyā(m)	*yakábʰyaH
genitive	*yaknás	*yakaHā́s	*yaknáHam
locative	*yakán(i)	*yakaHáw	*yakásu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *yákr̥
- Sanskrit: यकृत् (yákṛt) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *yákr̥ (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Nuristani: (< *yaknás)
- Northern Nuristani:
  - Kamkata-viri:
    Kamviri: yaňí
    
    Kativiri: yaí
- Southern Nuristani:
  - Ashkun: yón
  - Waigali: yok

References

Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University