Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/náHs

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 *néh₂s.

Noun

*náHs ~ *nHasás/*nasás f

nose

Declension

consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*náHs	*náHsā(w)	*náHsas
vocative	*náHs	*náHsā(w)	*náHsas
accusative	*náHsam	*náHsā(w)	*nHasás
instrumental	*nHasáH	*nHazbʰyā́(m)	*nHazbʰíš
ablative	*nHasás	*nHazbʰyā́(m)	*nHazbʰyáH
dative	*nHasáy	*nHazbʰyā́(m)	*nHazbʰyáH
genitive	*nHasás	*nHasHā́s	*nHasáHam
locative	*náHsi	*nHasHáw	*nHasú

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *náHs
- Sanskrit: नस् (nás, “nose”), नासा (nā́sā, nom.du.)^[1]^[2]
  - ⇒ Sanskrit: नासा (nā́sā)
    - Pali: nāsā
    - Punjabi: ਨਾਸ (nās, “nostril”)
    - Kashmiri: نَس (nas), नस (nas)
Proto-Iranian: *naHh-^[3]
- Younger Avestan: 𐬥𐬃𐬢𐬵𐬀 (nā̊ŋha, nom./acc.du.?)
  - ⇒ Younger Avestan: 𐬥𐬃𐬢𐬵𐬀𐬥𐬀𐬝 (nā̊ŋhanat̰, abl.sg.)
- Old Persian: 𐎴𐎠𐏃𐎶 (n-a-h-m /⁠nāham⁠/, acc.sg.)^[4]
Proto-Nuristani: *nāsa (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “nás-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 30
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nāˊsā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) “*¹nah- : nāh-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 423-6
^ Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2016) An Introduction to Old Persian‎^[2]

[1] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “nás-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 30

[2] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nāˊsā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

[3] Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) “*¹nah- : nāh-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 423-6

[4] Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2016) An Introduction to Old Persian‎^[2]

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