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(w) *daywā́s(as)
    vocative *dáywa *dáywā(w) *dáywās(as)
    accusative *daywám *daywā́(w) *daywā́ns
    instrumental *daywáH *daywáybʰyā(m) *daywā́yš
    ablative *daywā́t *daywáybʰyā(m) *daywáybʰyas
    dative *daywā́y *daywáybʰyā(m) *daywáybʰyas
    genitive *daywásya *daywáyās *daywā́naHam
    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)‎[1], Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, →ISBN, § 1.2.3. -ī- stem, page 22: “*dai̯u̯á-”
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