Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/yáwas
Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *yéwos (“barley, cereal”).
Noun
*yáwas m[1]
Declension
| masculine a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *yáwas | *yáwā(w) | *yáwās(as) |
| vocative | *yáwa | *yáwā(w) | *yáwās(as) |
| accusative | *yáwam | *yáwā(w) | *yáwāns |
| instrumental | *yáwaH | *yáwaybʰyā(m) | *yáwāyš |
| ablative | *yáwāt | *yáwaybʰyā(m) | *yáwaybʰyas |
| dative | *yáwāy | *yáwaybʰyā(m) | *yáwaybʰyas |
| genitive | *yáwasya | *yáwayās | *yáwānaHam |
| locative | *yáway | *yáwayaw | *yáwayšu |
Descendants
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *yáwas
- Sanskrit: यव (yáva) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Iranian: *yáwah (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Nuristani: *yawa
- → Proto-Finnic: *jüvä[2] (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- Gamkrelidze, Th. V., Ivanov, V. V. (1995) Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans. A Reconstruction and Historical Analysis of a Proto-Language and Proto-Culture. Part I: The Text (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 80), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 564–565
References
- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “yáva-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
- ^ Blažek, Václav (2012) “On Indo-European ‘barley’”, in Etymology and the European Lexicon: Proceedings of the 14th Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft, 17–22 September 2012, Copenhagen[1], Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, published 2016, page 55