Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćánsas

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 *ḱéns-o-s, from *ḱens- (“to announce, proclaim”).

Noun

*ćánsas m

1. proclamation, declaration, judgement

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ćánsas	*ćánsā	*ćánsā, -ās(as)
vocative	*ćánsa	*ćánsā	*ćánsā, -ās(as)
accusative	*ćánsam	*ćánsā	*ćánsāns
instrumental	*ćánsā	*ćánsaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*ćánsāyš
ablative	*ćánsāt	*ćánsaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*ćánsaybʰyas
dative	*ćánsāy	*ćánsaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*ćánsaybʰyas
genitive	*ćánsasya	*ćánsayās	*ćánsāna(H)m
locative	*ćánsay	*ćánsayaw	*ćánsayšu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *śánsas
  • Sanskrit: शंस (śáṃsa)
• Proto-Iranian: *cánhah
  • Avestan:

    Old Avestan: 𐬯𐬇𐬧𐬖𐬀 (sə̄ṇγa)

    Younger Avestan: 𐬯𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬀 (saŋha)