Cognate Set 3 – Meaning: back

IE-CoR reference form:
شا / shaa
IE-CoR reference language:
Pashto
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
Etymology uncertain, cf. Morgenstierne 2003:78 for suggestions.
Found in clades:
Iranic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 1 lexeme.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
50   Pashto shaa شا ʃaː ʃaː
References
  • Morgenstierne, Georg: 78
    S.v. Paš. šā 'back' "No connection seems possible with Mj škyī, Yd. šīlë 'neck' (or Av ušaδā- a hapax, prob. also 'neck', Sogd B šδʾkw 'neck', GMS §96), whose similarity with Turki šillä (Menges, Glossar zu den Volltexten aus Ost-Turkistan, Wiesbaden, 1955) is only coincidental. There is conceivably a connection with šamz'əy f. šamjº, šənjº PQ 'spine', Wan mula-š'amzi 'back' < *ša-məzay 'back-cord, -wire'."