Cognate Set 687 – Meaning: blood

IE-CoR reference form:
*wahunī-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Iranic
Gloss in IE-CoR reference language:
*blood'
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Found in clades:
Iranic
Found in 1 clade by 24 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
67   Persian: Tehran xūn خون xuːn χun
46   Avestan: Younger vohunī 𐬬𐬊𐬵𐬎𐬥𐬍 u̯ohuniː in compositum vohu.gaona- lit. "colour of the (black) blood" (Klingenschmitt 1968: 44)
56   Kurdish N.: Bahdini xin xin
51   Wakhi wux̌an wuxan originally cognate set 687
49   Khotanese hūnä huːnə huːnə i-stem
66   Middle Persian xōn xwn xoːn xoːn ZP hwn'
55   Parthian goxan gwxn ɡoxan ɡoxan ?
53   Yaghnobi wáxin ˈβ̞aχɨ̆n also waxm
71   Kumzari xwēm χweːm χweːm
68   Bakhtiari xin χin χin
62   Tati xemn χemn
48   Sogdian yuxni ywxny i̯uχni or xwrny? (The two forms seem interchangeable and may be variants of the same word.) [the variant may be read χuʳni, Yoshida notes frequent metathesis of u and w (2009: 287)]
63   Mazanderani xun χun
69   Delvari χin χin
70   Lari xun χun
64   Balochi: Sistani hon hon
57   Kurdish C.: Jafi xʷen χʷen
58   Kurdish S.: Elami xün χyn
60   Hawrami wnī wɨni
61   Raji: Barzoki xün χʉ̃ χʉn
50   Pashto weena وينه ˈwiː.na wiːna
47   Khwarazmian hūnī hwny huːniː
52   Sarikoli waqhin waχin
59   Kurdish S.: Qorveh xwēn xweːn
References
  • Steblin-Kamenskij, I. M.: 401
    S.v. Wakhi *wəx̌ə́n, *wux̌ə́n 'кровь', from Old Iranian *vahvan(i)- (cf. Av. vohuna-, vohunī-, Khot. hūnä, MSogd. yxwn-, ywxn-, Budd. γwrn wγrn [wuxʳn], Yaghn. wáx(í)n, Ishk. wen, Sangl. wēn, Shugn., Rush. wixín, etc. Tadj., Pers. xun, etc.).