Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/dáwš

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 *dóws.

Noun

*dáwš n

1. forearm, arm

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dáwṣ
  • Sanskrit: दोस् (dós, nom.sg.), दोष्णः (doṣṇáḥ, gen.sg.), दोषी (doṣī, nom.du.)
• Proto-Iranian: *dáwš
  • Younger Avestan: 𐬛𐬀𐬊𐬱 (daoš)
  • Ossetian: дыс (dys), дус (dus)
  • Pashto: لېچ (leč), لېچه (léča)
  • Old Persian: [script needed] (*dauš)
    • Middle Persian: [script needed] (dwš /⁠dōš⁠/)
      • Persian: دوش (duš)
• Proto-Nuristani: *dóni (< *dáwšn-)
  • Northern Nuristani:
    • Kamkata-viri:

      Kativiri: dúi

      • → Prasuni: dui