Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ȷ́áwšas

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 *ǵéws-o-s, from *ǵews- (“to like”) +‎ *-ós.

Noun

*ȷ́áwšas m

pleasure, satisfaction
taste, liking, love

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ȷ́áwšas	*ȷ́áwšā(w)	*ȷ́áwšās(as)
vocative	*ȷ́áwša	*ȷ́áwšā(w)	*ȷ́áwšās(as)
accusative	*ȷ́áwšam	*ȷ́áwšā(w)	*ȷ́áwšāns
instrumental	*ȷ́áwšaH	*ȷ́áwšaybʰyā(m)	*ȷ́áwšāyš
ablative	*ȷ́áwšāt	*ȷ́áwšaybʰyā(m)	*ȷ́áwšaybʰyas
dative	*ȷ́áwšāy	*ȷ́áwšaybʰyā(m)	*ȷ́áwšaybʰyas
genitive	*ȷ́áwšasya	*ȷ́áwšayās	*ȷ́áwšānaHam
locative	*ȷ́áwšay	*ȷ́áwšayaw	*ȷ́áwšayšu

Derived terms

*saȷ́áwšas (“having the same taste”)
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *saȷ́áwṣas
  - Sanskrit: सजोष (sajóṣa), सजोषस् (sajóṣas)
- Proto-Iranian: *hajáwšah
  - Avestan: 𐬵𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬊𐬱𐬀 (hazaoša)

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ȷ́áwṣas
- Sanskrit: जोष (jóṣa)
Proto-Iranian: *jáwšah
- Avestan: 𐬰𐬀𐬊𐬱𐬀 (zaoša, “taste, pleasure”)
- Parthian: 𐫉𐫇𐫢 (zwš, “love”)