Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dʰoHnéh₂

This Proto-Indo-European 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-European

Etymology

Possibly from *dʰeh₁- +‎ *-néh₂, with semantic development "what is laid in the soil (= seed)" > "grain".^[1]

Noun

*dʰoHnéh₂ f (non-ablauting)^[2]

grain

Inflection

Thematic in *-eh₂
	singular
nominative	*dʰoHnéh₂
genitive	*dʰoHnéh₂s
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dʰoHnéh₂	*dʰoHnéh₂h₁(e)	*dʰoHnéh₂es
vocative	*dʰoHnéh₂	*dʰoHnéh₂h₁(e)	*dʰoHnéh₂es
accusative	*dʰoHnā́m	*dʰoHnéh₂h₁(e)	*dʰoHnéh₂m̥s
genitive	*dʰoHnéh₂s	*?	*dʰoHnéh₂oHom
ablative	*dʰoHnéh₂s	*?	dʰoHnéh₂mos, dʰoHnéh₂bʰos
dative	*dʰoHnéh₂ey	*?	dʰoHnéh₂mos, dʰoHnéh₂bʰos
locative	dʰoHnéh₂, dʰoHnéh₂i	*?	*dʰoHnéh₂su
instrumental	*dʰoHnéh₂h₁	*?	dʰoHnéh₂mis, dʰoHnéh₂bʰis

Alternative reconstructions

*dʰoh₁néh₂^[1]

Descendants

Proto-Armenian:
- >? Middle Armenian: դոն (don)
  - Armenian: դոն (don)
Proto-Balto-Slavic: *dṓˀnāˀ (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dʰaHnáH
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dʰaHnáH
  - Sanskrit: धाना (dhānā́)
    - Punjabi: ਧਾਣ (dhāṇ)
    - ⇒? Sanskrit: धानक (dhānaka), धन्याक (dhanyāka), धानेय (dhāneya, “coriander”)^[3]
- Proto-Iranian: *daHnáH
  - Middle Persian: dʾn' (dān)
    - Persian: دانه (dâne)
    - Northern Luri: دۆنںە (downa)
Proto-Tocharian:
- Tocharian B: tāno

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 125
^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎^[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dhānaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 387

[NIL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 125

[Ringe_2006-2] Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎^[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

[3] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dhānaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 387

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