Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/dáwš

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 *dóws.

Noun

*dáwš n

forearm, arm

Inflection

neuter consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dáwš	*dáwšiH	*dáwši
vocative	*dáwš	*dáwšiH	*dáwši
accusative	*dáwš	*dáwšiH	*dáwši
instrumental	*dušáH	*dužbʰyā́(m)	*dužbʰíš
ablative	*dušás	*dužbʰyā́(m)	*dužbʰyáH
dative	*dušáy	*dužbʰyā́(m)	*dužbʰyáH
genitive	*dušás	*dušHā́s	*dušáHam
locative	*dáwš(i)	*dušHáw	*dušú

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dáwṣ
- Sanskrit: दोस् (dós, nom.sg.), दोष्णः (doṣṇáḥ, gen.sg.), दोषी (doṣī, nom.du.)
Proto-Iranian: *dáwš
- Younger Avestan: 𐬛𐬀𐬊𐬱 (daoš)
- Ossetian: дыс (dys), дус (dus)
- Pashto: لېچ (leč), لېچه (léča)
- Old Persian: [script needed] (*dauš)
  - Middle Persian: [script needed] (dwš /⁠dōš⁠/)
    - Persian: دوش (duš)
Proto-Nuristani: *dóni (< *dáwšn-)
- Northern Nuristani:
  - Kamkata-viri:
    Kativiri: dúi
    - → Prasuni: dui