Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hdántas

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-ónts

Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hdántas

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónt-o-s, thematized from *h₃dónts (“tooth”).

Noun

*Hdántas m

1. tooth

   Synonym: *Hdánts

Inflection

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Hdántas	*Hdántā(w)	*Hdántās(as)
vocative	*Hdánta	*Hdántā(w)	*Hdántās(as)
accusative	*Hdántam	*Hdántā(w)	*Hdántāns
instrumental	*HdántaH	*Hdántaybʰyā(m)	*Hdántāyš
ablative	*Hdántāt	*Hdántaybʰyā(m)	*Hdántaybʰyas
dative	*Hdántāy	*Hdántaybʰyā(m)	*Hdántaybʰyas
genitive	*Hdántasya	*Hdántayās	*HdántānaHam
locative	*Hdántay	*Hdántayaw	*Hdántayšu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hdántas
  • Sanskrit: दन्त (dánta) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *Hdántah (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Nuristani: *danta (see there for further descendants)