Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/diwyós

This Proto-Indo-European 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-European

Etymology

From *dyew- (“sky, heaven”) +‎ *-yós (denominative adjectival suffix).

Adjective

*diwyós (non-ablauting)^[1]

heavenly

Descendants

Proto-Hellenic: *diyyos
- Ancient Greek: (Homeric) δῖος (dîos)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *diwyás
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *diwyás
  - Sanskrit: दिव्य (divyá)
- Proto-Iranian: *diwyáh
  - Avestan: 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬌𐬀 (daēuuiia, “deavic, related to daeva”) ^[2]
Italic:
- Latin: dīus^[3]

References

^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎^[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
^ "daēvya" in Altiranischen Wörterbuch, by Christian Bartholomae (1904), Strassburg.
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 338

[1] Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎^[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

[2] "daēvya" in Altiranischen Wörterbuch, by Christian Bartholomae (1904), Strassburg.

[3] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 338

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