Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/agʰnyáH

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

Feminine of *agʰnyás, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-gʷʰn̥-yós (literally not to be killed), from *gʷʰen- (to kill).

Noun

*agʰnyáH f[1]

  1. milch cow

Declension

aH-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *agʰnyáH *agʰnyáy *agʰnyā́s
vocative *ágʰnyay *ágʰnyay *ágʰnyās
accusative *agʰnyā́m *agʰnyáy *agʰnyā́s
instrumental *agʰnyáH, -ayaH *agʰnyáHbʰyā(m) *agʰnyáHbʰiš
ablative *agʰnyáyaHs *agʰnyáHbʰyā(m) *agʰnyáHbʰyas
dative *agʰnyáyaHi *agʰnyáHbʰyā(m) *agʰnyáHbʰyas
genitive *agʰnyáyaHs *agʰnyáyHās *agʰnyáHnaHam
locative *agʰnyáyaH *agʰnyáyHaw *agʰnyáHsu

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *agʰnyáH
  • Proto-Iranian: *agnyáH

References

  1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “ághnyā-, aghnyā́-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University