Open AccessThe Indo-Iranian Word for 'Shank, Shin'
Author(s) -
Alexander Lubotsky
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of the american oriental society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.134
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2169-2289
pISSN - 0003-0279
DOI - 10.2307/3087626
Subject(s) - word (group theory) , linguistics , history , philosophy
Avestan acc.sg. ascum 'shank' points to a thematic stem ascuua- < 'asciua- and is cognate to Skt. asthiva(nt)-, which means 'shin, shank' and not 'knee-joint'. The Indo-Iranian word can be reconstructed as *HastCihua- This is a compound of the word for 'bone' with a reflex of PIE *(s)kiHu-'shin' attested in Balto-Slavic, Germanic, and, probably, Greek and Armenian.
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