Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/gā́wš
Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”).
Noun
*gā́wš m or f
Descendants
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *gā́wṣ
- Proto-Iranian: *gā́wš (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Nuristani: *gā́
References
- Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 203
- Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 205ff