Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/suHnúš

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 *suHnús. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *sy̑nъ, Lithuanian sūnùs; Proto-Germanic *sunuz whence English son.

Noun

*suHnúš m

1. son

Inflection

masculine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*suHnúš	*suHnúH	*suHnáwas
vocative	*súHnaw	*súHnuH	*súHnawas
accusative	*suHnúm	*suHnúH	*suHnúnš
instrumental	*suHnúH	*suHnúbʰyā(m)	*suHnúbʰiš
dative	*suHnáway	*suHnúbʰyā(m)	*suHnúbʰyas
ablative	*suHnáwš	*suHnúbʰyā(m)	*suHnúbʰyas
genitive	*suHnáwš	*suHnuwā́s	*suHnuHnáHam
locative	*suHnā́w	*suHnuwáw	*suHnúšu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *suHnúṣ
  • Sanskrit: सू॒नु (sūnú)
• Proto-Iranian: *huHnuš
  • Avestan: 𐬵𐬎𐬥𐬎 (hunu)
    • → Middle Persian: (/⁠hunušag⁠/, “son (of the demon)”) (only in religious texts)

      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwnwšk')

      Pazend script: 𐬵𐬎𐬥𐬎𐬱𐬀 (hunuša)

  • Khotanese: [script needed] (ṣū, “son”)
  • Parthian: (/⁠hun⁠/, “son (of a demon)”)

    Manichaean script: 𐫍𐫇𐫗 (hwn)