Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćyaynás
Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱy-ey-nó-s ~ *ḱyeh₁-inó-s.[1] Related to Old Armenian ցին (cʻin, “kite”), Ancient Greek ἴκτινος (íktinos, “kite”).
Noun
*ćyaynás m[2]
Declension
| masculine a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *ćyaynás | *ćyaynā́(w) | *ćyaynā́s(as) |
| vocative | *ćyáyna | *ćyáynā(w) | *ćyáynās(as) |
| accusative | *ćyaynám | *ćyaynā́(w) | *ćyaynā́ns |
| instrumental | *ćyaynáH | *ćyaynáybʰyā(m) | *ćyaynā́yš |
| ablative | *ćyaynā́t | *ćyaynáybʰyā(m) | *ćyaynáybʰyas |
| dative | *ćyaynā́y | *ćyaynáybʰyā(m) | *ćyaynáybʰyas |
| genitive | *ćyaynásya | *ćyaynáyās | *ćyaynā́naHam |
| locative | *ćyaynáy | *ćyaynáyaw | *ćyaynáyšu |
Descendants
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *śyaynás
- Sanskrit: श्येन (śyená) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Iranian: *cyaynáh
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “śyená-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 662
- ^ Schmitt, Rüdiger (2017–2018), “Chapter XVII: Indo-Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Indo-Iranian, page 1952: “*ći̯ai̯ná-”