Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/dʰa(H)inúš

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

    From Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁i-n-u-š ~ *dʰh₁i-n-éw-s, from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle”).

    Noun

    *dʰa(H)inúš f[1][2][1][3]

    1. milch cow

    Declension

    masculine u-stem
    singular dual plural
    nominative *dʰa(H)inúš *dʰa(H)inúH *dʰa(H)ináwas
    vocative *dʰá(H)inaw *dʰá(H)inuH *dʰá(H)inawas
    accusative *dʰa(H)inúm *dʰa(H)inúH *dʰa(H)inúnš
    instrumental *dʰa(H)inúH *dʰa(H)inúbʰyā(m) *dʰa(H)inúbʰiš
    ablative *dʰa(H)ináwš *dʰa(H)inúbʰyā(m) *dʰa(H)inúbʰyas
    dative *dʰa(H)ináway *dʰa(H)inúbʰyā(m) *dʰa(H)inúbʰyas
    genitive *dʰa(H)ináwš *dʰa(H)inuwā́s *dʰa(H)inuHnáHam
    locative *dʰa(H)inā́w *dʰa(H)inuwáw *dʰa(H)inúšu

    Descendants

    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dʰa(H)inúṣ
      • Sanskrit: धेनु (dhenú) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Iranian: *da(H)inúš (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2017), “Agricultural terms in Indo-Iranian”, in Language Dispersal Beyond Farming‎[1], Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 277: “PII *dʱa(H)inú- f.‘milch cow’”
    2. ^ Scarborough, Matthew (2014), “Grammatical and Etymological Commentary to RV 1.32”, in Humanities Commons‎[2]: “PIIr. *dʰai̯-n(é)u-”
    3. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “dhenú-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 171: “Proto-Indo-Iranian: dhaHi-nu-”
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