Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/dáHnam

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 *déh₃nom.

Noun

*dáHnam n[1]

  1. gift

Declension

neuter a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *dáHnam *dáHnay *dáHnaH
vocative *dáHnam *dáHnay *dáHnaH
accusative *dáHnam *dáHnay *dáHnaH
instrumental *dáHnaH *dáHnaybʰyā(m) *dáHnāyš
ablative *dáHnāt *dáHnaybʰyā(m) *dáHnaybʰyas
dative *dáHnāy *dáHnaybʰyā(m) *dáHnaybʰyas
genitive *dáHnasya *dáHnayās *dáHnānaHam
locative *dáHnay *dáHnayaw *dáHnayšu

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dáHnam
    • Sanskrit: दान (dā́na) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Iranian: *dáHnam
    • Avestan: *𐬛𐬁𐬥𐬀 (*dāna) (in personal names)

References

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