Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/déḱos

This Proto-Indo-European 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-European

Etymology

    From *deḱ- (to take; to perceive) +‎ *-os.

    Noun

    *déḱos n (oblique stem *déḱes-)[1][2][3][4]

    1. that which is proper

    Inflection

    Athematic, acrostatic
    singular
    nominative *déḱos
    genitive *déḱesos
    singular dual plural
    nominative *déḱos *déḱesih₁ *déḱōs
    vocative *déḱos *déḱesih₁ *déḱōs
    accusative *déḱos *déḱesih₁ *déḱōs
    genitive *déḱesos *? *déḱesoHom
    ablative *déḱesos *? *déḱesmos, *déḱesbʰos
    dative *déḱesey *? *déḱesmos, *déḱesbʰos
    locative *déḱes, *déḱesi *? *déḱesu
    instrumental *déḱesh₁ *? *déḱesmis, *déḱesbʰis

    Descendants

    • Proto-Celtic: *dekos (esteem, honor)[5]
      • Old Irish: dech (better)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dā́ćas, *daćasyáti
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dā́śas, *daśasyáti
        • Sanskrit: दाश् (dā́ś, worship veneration), दशस्यति (daśasyáti, offer, present) (< denominal causative *déḱes-ye-)
    • Proto-Italic: *dekos

    References

    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “decet”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 164
    2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 94
    3. ^ Karin Stüber (2006) “Die indogermanischen Ausdrücke für ‘rechts’ und ‘links’”. International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Reconstruction, 3, 61-72.
    4. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “dexter”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 168
    5. ^ Kim McCone (1994), chapter II, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, section 20.3, page 125