Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/déh₃rom

This Proto-Indo-European 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-European

Etymology

From *dóh₃-r̥ ~ *déh₃-n̥-s (“gift”) +‎ *-om. Alternatively, substantivized from *dh₃-ró-s, *deh₃-ró-s (“given, gifted”), from *deh₃- (“to give”) +‎ *-rós.

Noun

*déh₃rom n (non-ablauting)

1. gift

Inflection

Thematic
	singular
nominative	*déh₃rom
genitive	*déh₃rosyo
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*déh₃rom	*déh₃roy(h₁)	*déh₃reh₂
vocative	*déh₃rom	*déh₃roy(h₁)	*déh₃reh₂
accusative	*déh₃rom	*déh₃roy(h₁)	*déh₃reh₂
genitive	*déh₃rosyo	*?	*déh₃roHom
ablative	*déh₃read	*?	*déh₃romos
dative	*déh₃roey	*?	*déh₃romos
locative	*déh₃rey, *déh₃roy	*?	*déh₃roysu
instrumental	*déh₃roh₁	*?	*déh₃rōys

Descendants

• Armenian:
  • Old Armenian: տուր (tur)
• Proto-Balto-Slavic: *dāˀras
  • Proto-Slavic: *dȃrъ (or from *dóh₃r-u-s, *déh₃r-u-s ~ *dh₃r-éw-s) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Hellenic: *dṓron
  • Ancient Greek: δῶρον (dôron)

References

• Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 185
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 363
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 299