Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćánsas

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱem-?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱens-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱéns-o-s

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćánsas

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱéns-o-s, from *ḱens- (“to announce, proclaim”).

Noun

*ćánsas m^[1]

proclamation, declaration, judgement

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ćánsas	*ćánsā(w)	*ćánsās(as)
vocative	*ćánsa	*ćánsā(w)	*ćánsās(as)
accusative	*ćánsam	*ćánsā(w)	*ćánsāns
instrumental	*ćánsaH	*ćánsaybʰyā(m)	*ćánsāyš
ablative	*ćánsāt	*ćánsaybʰyā(m)	*ćánsaybʰyas
dative	*ćánsāy	*ćánsaybʰyā(m)	*ćánsaybʰyas
genitive	*ćánsasya	*ćánsayās	*ćánsānaHam
locative	*ćánsay	*ćánsayaw	*ćánsayšu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *śánsas
- Sanskrit: शंस (śáṃsa)
Proto-Iranian: *cánhah
- Avestan:
  Old Avestan: 𐬯𐬇𐬧𐬖𐬀 (sə̄ṇγa)
  
  Younger Avestan: 𐬯𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬀 (saŋha)

References

^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “śám.sa-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[1] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “śám.sa-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

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