A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India v3.c19.30

v3.c19.30

Next in order comes the Old-Purbi H. इमि, etc., and, with the nasal weakened, probably through an intermediate form इंव, and change of the semivowel to its vowel, P. इऊं and ऐऊं aiûn, and the full series जिऊं, तिऊं, किऊं, as well as one without the i, जऊं, तऊं, etc., to which is allied H. ज्यों, etc., for जिऊं. S. rejects the labial element in इंच, हींच, ईएं, and the rest of the series.