Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/dʰa(H)inúš

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 *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”).

Noun

*dʰa(H)inúš f

milch cow

Declension

masculine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dʰa(H)inúš	*dʰa(H)inúH	*dʰa(H)ináwas
vocative	*dʰá(H)inaw	*dʰá(H)inuH	*dʰá(H)inawas
accusative	*dʰa(H)inúm	*dʰa(H)inúH	*dʰa(H)inúnš
instrumental	*dʰa(H)inúH	*dʰa(H)inúbʰyā(m)	*dʰa(H)inúbʰiš
ablative	*dʰa(H)ináwš	*dʰa(H)inúbʰyā(m)	*dʰa(H)inúbʰyas
dative	*dʰa(H)ináway	*dʰa(H)inúbʰyā(m)	*dʰa(H)inúbʰyas
genitive	*dʰa(H)ináwš	*dʰa(H)inuwā́s	*dʰa(H)inuHnáHam
locative	*dʰa(H)inā́w	*dʰa(H)inuwáw	*dʰa(H)inúšu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dʰa(H)inúṣ
- Sanskrit: धेनु (dhenú) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *da(H)inúš
- Avestan: 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬎 (daēnu)
- Khotanese: [script needed] (dīnū)
- Khwarezmian: δy(n) (“woman”)
- Middle Persian: [script needed] (dynwtk /⁠dēnōdag⁠/, “female, milch”)
→? Proto-Turkic: *tāna (see there for further descendants)

References

Scarborough, Matthew (2014) “Grammatical and Etymological Commentary to RV 1.32”, in Humanities Commons‎^[1]
Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 447: “*dainu-, *dainu-kā-”
Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “dhenú-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 171