Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/putrás

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 *putlós; cognate with Paelignian puclo- (child), Latin puer (son, boy).[1]

    Noun

    *putrás m[1][2]

    1. boy
    2. son

    Declension

    masculine a-stem
    singular dual plural
    nominative *putrás *putrā́(w) *putrā́s(as)
    vocative *pútra *pútrā(w) *pútrās(as)
    accusative *putrám *putrā́(w) *putrā́ns
    instrumental *putráH *putráybʰyā(m) *putrā́yš
    ablative *putrā́t *putráybʰyā(m) *putráybʰyas
    dative *putrā́y *putráybʰyā(m) *putráybʰyas
    genitive *putrásya *putráyās *putrā́naHam
    locative *putráy *putráyaw *putráyšu

    Descendants

    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *putrás
    • Proto-Iranian: *puθráh (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Nuristani: (irregular accent and vowel)
      • Northern Nuristani:
        • Kamkata-viri:
          Kamviri: pǘtr
          Kativiri: pítr
      • Southern Nuristani:
        • Tregami: pútr
        • Waigali: pütr

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “putrá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 400-1
    2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “putrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press