Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Háćwas

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

PIE word
*h₁éḱwos

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Noun

*Háćwas m^[1]^[2]^[3]

horse
Synonym: *ȷ́ʰáyas

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Háćwas	*Háćwā(w)	*Háćwās(as)
vocative	*Háćwa	*Háćwā(w)	*Háćwās(as)
accusative	*Háćwam	*Háćwā(w)	*Háćwāns
instrumental	*HáćwaH	*Háćwaybʰyā(m)	*Háćwāyš
ablative	*Háćwāt	*Háćwaybʰyā(m)	*Háćwaybʰyas
dative	*Háćwāy	*Háćwaybʰyā(m)	*Háćwaybʰyas
genitive	*Háćwasya	*Háćwayās	*HáćwānaHam
locative	*Háćway	*Háćwayaw	*Háćwayšu

Derived terms

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Háśwas
- Sanskrit: अश्व (áśva) (see there for further descendants)
- Mitanni:
  - → Hurrian: 𒀸𒋗𒉿 (aš-šu-wa)
- → Proto-Nuristani: *wašpa (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *Hácwah^[2] (see there for further descendants)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001), “*áśva-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 139-140
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–), “*āśu̯a-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 243-246
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “áśva-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University