Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/diwyós

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 *dyew- (“sky, heaven”) +‎ *-yós (denominative adjectival suffix).

Adjective

*diwyós (non-ablauting)^[1]

heavenly

Alternative reconstructions

*diwiHos^[2]

Descendants

Proto-Hellenic: *díwiyos
- Ancient Greek: δῖος (dîos)
- Mycenaean Greek: 𐀇𐀹𐀍 (di-wi-jo), 𐀇𐀄𐀍 (di-u-jo /⁠diwjos⁠/)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *diwyás
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *diwyás
  - Sanskrit: दिव्य (divyá)
Proto-Italic:
- Latin: dīus^[2]

References

^ Ringe, Donald (2006), From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎^[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 63
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “δῖος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 338

[1] Ringe, Donald (2006), From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎^[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 63

[Beekes-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “δῖος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 338

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