Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/tápas

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 *tép-os ~ *tép-es-os.

Noun

*tápas n[1]

  1. heat

Inflection

neuter as-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *tápas *tápasiH *tápās
vocative *tápas *tápasiH *tápās
accusative *tápas *tápasiH *tápās
instrumental *tápasaH *tápazbʰyā(m) *tápazbʰiš
ablative *tápasas *tápazbʰyā(m) *tápazbʰyas
dative *tápasay *tápazbʰyā(m) *tápazbʰyas
genitive *tápasas *tápasHās *tápasaHam
locative *tápasi *tápasHaw *tápasu

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *tápas
  • Proto-Iranian: *tápah[1]
    • Middle Persian:
      Book Pahlavi: tp (tab, fever)
      • Persian: تاب (tâb), تب (tab)
      • Northern Luri: تۋ ()
    • Old Armenian: տապ (tap, heat)
      • Armenian: տապ (tap) (learned)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “tápas-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University