Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/dáHtram
Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology 1
From *daH- (“to cut, mow”, root) + *tram (suffix denoting an instrument). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-.
Noun
*dáHtram n [1]
Inflection
| neuter a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *dáHtram | *dáHtray | *dáHtraH |
| vocative | *dáHtram | *dáHtray | *dáHtraH |
| accusative | *dáHtram | *dáHtray | *dáHtraH |
| instrumental | *dáHtraH | *dáHtraybʰyā(m) | *dáHtrāyš |
| ablative | *dáHtrāt | *dáHtraybʰyā(m) | *dáHtraybʰyas |
| dative | *dáHtrāy | *dáHtraybʰyā(m) | *dáHtraybʰyas |
| genitive | *dáHtrasya | *dáHtrayās | *dáHtrānaHam |
| locative | *dáHtray | *dáHtrayaw | *dáHtrayšu |
Descendants
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dáHtram
- Sanskrit: दात्र (dā́tra) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Iranian: *dáHθram
Further reading
- Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2012) “The Iranian Reflexes of Proto-Iranian *ns”, in Orientalia Suecana[2], volume 61, page 139
References
- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “dā́tra”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *déh₃-trom, from *deh₃- (“to give”).
Noun
*dáHtram n [1]
Descendants
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dáHtram
- Sanskrit: दात्र (dātrá, “gift”)
- Proto-Iranian: *dáHθram
- Avestan: 𐬛𐬁𐬚𐬭𐬀 (dāθra, “gift, offering”)
- → Proto-Finnic: *takra (“piece of meat, bait”)[2]
References
- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “dātrá”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
- ^ Holopainen, Sampsa (2019) Indo-Iranian borrowings in Uralic: Critical overview of sound substitutions and distribution criterion[1], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN, pages 271–272