Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dwís

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 the same root as *dwóh₁.

Adverb

*dwís

1. twice, doubly
2. in two

Descendants

• Proto-Germanic: *twiz- (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Hellenic: *dwís
  • Ancient Greek: δίς (dís)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dwíš
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dwíṣ
    • Sanskrit: द्विस् (dvis)
  • Proto-Iranian: *dwíš
    • Avestan: 𐬠𐬌𐬱 (biš)
• Proto-Italic: *dwis
  • Latin: bis, dis-

References

• Martínez García, Javier, de Vaan, Michiel (2014) Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages; 1)‎^[1], Brill, →ISBN, page 69