Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ȷ́awštā́

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵews-

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́awštā́

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵéws-tōr ~ *ǵus-tr-és. Cognate with Sanskrit जोष्टा (joṣṭā, “lover”).

Noun

*ȷ́awštā́ m

1. friend
2. lover

Declension

consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ȷ́awštā́	*ȷ́awštā́rāw	*ȷ́awštā́ras
vocative	*ȷ́awštár	*ȷ́awštā́rāw	*ȷ́awštā́ras
accusative	*ȷ́awštā́ram	*ȷ́awštā́rāw	*ȷ́awštrás
instrumental	*ȷ́awštráH	*ȷ́awštr̥bʰyáH, -bʰyā́m	*ȷ́awštr̥bʰíš
ablative	*ȷ́awštr̥š	*ȷ́awštr̥bʰyáH, -bʰyā́m	*ȷ́awštr̥bʰyáH
dative	*ȷ́awštráy	*ȷ́awštr̥bʰyáH, -bʰyā́m	*ȷ́awštr̥bʰyáH
genitive	*ȷ́awštr̥š	*ȷ́awštráwš	*ȷ́awštrā́m
locative	*ȷ́awštári	*ȷ́awštráwš	*ȷ́awštr̥sú

Descendants

• Proto-Iranian:
  • Old Persian: 𐎭𐎢𐏁𐎫𐎠 (d-u-š-t-a /⁠dauštā⁠⁠/)
    • Middle Persian: 𐭣𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭩 (dwst' /⁠⁠dōst⁠⁠/)
      • Persian: دوست (dust)

References

• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 343