Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/daywás

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 *deywós.

Noun

*daywás m

1. (religion) god

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*daywás	*daywā́	*daywā́, -ā́s(as)
vocative	*daywa	*daywā́	*daywā́, -ā́s(as)
accusative	*daywám	*daywā́	*daywā́ns
instrumental	*daywā́	*daywáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*daywā́yš
ablative	*daywā́t	*daywáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*daywáybʰyas
dative	*daywā́y	*daywáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*daywáybʰyas
genitive	*daywásya	*daywáyās	*daywā́na(H)m
locative	*daywáy	*daywáyaw	*daywáyšu

Coordinate terms

• *Hásuras

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *daywás (“god, deity”)
  • Sanskrit: देव (devá) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *daywáh (“demon”) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Nuristani: *dewá
  • Northern Nuristani:
    • Kamkata-viri:

      Kamviri: dé

      Kativiri: dé

    • Prasuni: lú
  • Southern Nuristani:
    • Ashkun: deí
    • Waigali: de
• → Proto-Finnic: *taivas (“sky”) (see there for further descendants)