Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wanćás

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

Of uncertain origin. Though traditionally derived from a Proto-Indo-European *wenḱ- (“roof beam”) and linked to Middle Irish féice (“ridgepole; top, summit, acme”)[1] (which itself has been linked to Galician banzo (“crossbar”)), more recent analyses of the Irish term derive the latter internally from the unrelated fégaid (“to look at, observe”), based on the apparent original meaning of "opening or roof-window common in ancient Irish houses", placing the traditional comparison with the Indo-Iranian in doubt.[2]

Noun

*wanćás m

  1. ceiling beam
  2. bamboo

Declension

masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wanćás *wanćā́(w) *wanćā́s(as)
vocative *wánća *wánćā(w) *wánćās(as)
accusative *wanćám *wanćā́(w) *wanćā́ns
instrumental *wanćáH *wanćáybʰyā(m) *wanćā́yš
ablative *wanćā́t *wanćáybʰyā(m) *wanćáybʰyas
dative *wanćā́y *wanćáybʰyā(m) *wanćáybʰyas
genitive *wanćásya *wanćáyās *wanćā́naHam
locative *wanćáy *wanćáyaw *wanćáyšu

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *waṃśás
    • Sanskrit: वंश (vaṃśá, “bamboo; roofing beam”)
  • Proto-Iranian: *wancah
    • Shughni: вис (vis, “main roof-beam”)
    • Wakhi: was (“ceiling beam”)

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “vam̆́śá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 485
  2. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “vam·śá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 549-50
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