Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/dwáyšas
Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dwey-s-ós, from *dwey- (“to fear”).
Noun
*dwáyšas n[1]
Inflection
| neuter as-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *dwáyšas | *dwáyšasiH | *dwáyšās |
| vocative | *dwáyšas | *dwáyšasiH | *dwáyšās |
| accusative | *dwáyšas | *dwáyšasiH | *dwáyšās |
| instrumental | *dwáyšasaH | *dwáyšazbʰyā(m) | *dwáyšazbʰiš |
| ablative | *dwáyšasas | *dwáyšazbʰyā(m) | *dwáyšazbʰyas |
| dative | *dwáyšasay | *dwáyšazbʰyā(m) | *dwáyšazbʰyas |
| genitive | *dwáyšasas | *dwáyšasHās | *dwáyšasaHam |
| locative | *dwáyšasi | *dwáyšasHaw | *dwáyšasu |
Descendants
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dwáyṣas
- Proto-Iranian: *dwáyšah
- Avestan: 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬀𐬵 (duuaēšah)
- Middle Persian: [script needed] (byš /bēš/)[2]
References
- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “dvés.as-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
- ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “bēš-”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 18