Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/da(H)inúš

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰa(H)inúš.

Noun

*da(H)inúš f^[1]

Inflection

masculine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*da(H)inúš	*da(H)inúH	*da(H)ináwah
vocative	*dá(H)inaw	*dá(H)inuH	*dá(H)inawah
accusative	*da(H)inúm	*da(H)inúH	*da(H)inúnš
instrumental	*da(H)inúH	*da(H)inúbʰyā(m)	*da(H)inúbʰiš
ablative	*da(H)ináwš	*da(H)inúbʰyā(m)	*da(H)inúbʰyah
dative	*da(H)ináway	*da(H)inúbʰyā(m)	*da(H)inúbʰyah
genitive	*da(H)ináwš	*da(H)inuwā́h	*da(H)inuHnáHam
locative	*da(H)inā́w	*da(H)inuwáw	*da(H)inúšu

Descendants

Central Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬎 (daēnu, “female animal, suckling”)
Northeastern Iranian:
- ⇒ Proto-Scythian: *dēnuki
  - Proto-Saka-Wakhi: *δēnuɣi
    - Proto-Saka: *dēnuɣi
      - Khotanese: [script needed] (dīnū, “milch cow”)
- Khwarezmian: 𐾼𐾺 (δy), 𐾼𐾺𐾾 (δyn, “woman; wife”)
- →? Proto-Turkic: *tāna (“heifer”) (see there for further descendants)
Southeastern Iranian:
- Yazghulami: д̌анг (δang, “having children (of a woman, female)”)
Southwestern Iranian:
- ⇒ Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (dynwtk /⁠dēnōdag⁠/, “female; milch”)

References

^ Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–), “*dainu-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 447

[1] Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–), “*dainu-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 447

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