Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/spáćš

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 *spéḱs (“watcher, spy”).

    Noun

    *spáćš m

    1. watcher
    2. spy

    Inflection

    consonant stem
    singular dual plural
    nominative *spáćš *spáćā(w) *spáćas
    vocative *spáć *spáćā(w) *spáćas
    accusative *spáćam *spáćā(w) *spáćas
    instrumental *spáćaH *spáȷ́bʰyā(m) *spáȷ́bʰiš
    ablative *spáćas *spáȷ́bʰyā(m) *spáȷ́bʰyaH
    dative *spáćay *spáȷ́bʰyā(m) *spáȷ́bʰyaH
    genitive *spáćas *spáćHās *spáćaHam
    locative *spáći *spáćHaw *spáćšu

    Descendants

    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *spáṭṣ
    • Proto-Iranian: *spáš

    References

    • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “paś-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
    • Martínez García, Javier, de Vaan, Michiel (2014) Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages; 1)‎[1], Brill, →ISBN
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