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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/daywás

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 *deywós.

Noun

*daywás m[1]

  1. (religion) god

Declension
masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *daywás *daywā́ *daywā́, -ā́s(as)
vocative *daywa *daywā́ *daywā́, -ā́s(as)
accusative *daywám *daywā́ *daywā́ns
instrumental *daywā́ *daywáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām *daywā́yš
ablative *daywā́t *daywáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām *daywáybʰyas
dative *daywā́y *daywáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām *daywáybʰyas
genitive *daywásya *daywáyās *daywā́na(H)m
locative *daywáy *daywáyaw *daywáyšu

Coordinate terms

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *daywás (“god, deity”)
    • Sanskrit: देव (devá) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Iranian: *daywáh (“demon”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Nuristani: *dewá
    • Northern Nuristani:
      • Kamkata-viri:
        Kamviri: dé
        Kativiri: dé
      • Prasuni: lú
    • Southern Nuristani:
      • Ashkun: deí
      • Waigali: de
  • → Proto-Finnic: *taivas (“sky”) (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Goto, Toshifumi (2013) Old Indo-Aryan Morphology and its Indo-Iranian Background (Veroffentlichungen zur Iranistik; 60)‎, Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, →ISBN, § 1.2.3. -ī- stem, page 22: “*dai̯u̯á-”
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