Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/pānsúš

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

Possibly related to Proto-Slavic *pěsъkъ.

Noun

*pānsúš m^[1]

dust

Declension

masculine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pānsúš	*pānsúH	*pānsáwas
vocative	*pā́nsaw	*pā́nsuH	*pā́nsawas
accusative	*pānsúm	*pānsúH	*pānsúnš
instrumental	*pānsúH	*pānsúbʰyā(m)	*pānsúbʰiš
ablative	*pānsáwš	*pānsúbʰyā(m)	*pānsúbʰyas
dative	*pānsáway	*pānsúbʰyā(m)	*pānsúbʰyas
genitive	*pānsáwš	*pānsuwā́s	*pānsuHnáHam
locative	*pānsā́w	*pānsuwáw	*pānsúšu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *pānsúṣ
- Sanskrit: पांसु (pāṃsú)
Proto-Iranian: *pānsúš
- Avestan: 𐬞𐬄𐬯𐬥𐬎 (pąsnu) (< *pānsnúš)
- Khotanese: [script needed] (phānä)
- Ossetian: (“ashes”)
  Digor Ossetian: фунук (funuk)
  
  Iron Ossetian: фӕнык (fænyk)
- Parachi: [script needed] (ğāphunē)

References

^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 121