Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/niždás

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

From Proto-Indo-European *nisdós.

Noun

*niždás m

1. nest

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*niždás	*niždā́	*niždā́, -ā́s(as)
vocative	*nižda	*niždā́	*niždā́, -ā́s(as)
accusative	*niždám	*niždā́	*niždā́ns
instrumental	*niždā́	*niždáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*niždā́yš
ablative	*niždā́t	*niždáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*niždáybʰyas
dative	*niždā́y	*niždáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*niždáybʰyas
genitive	*niždásya	*niždáyās	*niždā́na(H)m
locative	*niždáy	*niždáyaw	*niždáyšu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *niẓḍás
  • Sanskrit: नीड (nīḍá), नीळ (nīḷá)
    • Dardic:
      • Kashmiri: نؽوٗر (nyūr, “mountain meadow”)
    • Pali: nīḍa, niḍḍa
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀡𑀻𑀟 (ṇīḍa)
      • Hindi: नीड़ (nīṛ)
• Proto-Iranian: *niždáh
  • Northern Kurdish: niştin
• Proto-Nuristani:
  • Southern Nuristani:
    • Waigali: [script needed] (neal-ameh)

References

• Benjamin W. Fortson IV (2005) “Indo-Iranian I: Indic”, in Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, 1 edition, page 188