Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wanćás
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Proto-Indo-Iranian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Of uncertain origin. Though traditionally derived from a Proto-Indo-European *wenḱ- (“roof beam”) and linked to Middle Irish féice (“ridgepole; top, summit, acme”)[1] (which itself has been linked to Galician banzo (“crossbar”)), more recent analyses of the Irish term derive the latter internally from the unrelated fégaid (“to look at, observe”), based on the apparent original meaning of "opening or roof-window common in ancient Irish houses", placing the traditional comparison with the Indo-Iranian in doubt.[2]
Noun
[edit]*wanćás m
Declension
[edit]| masculine a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *wanćás | *wanćā́ | *wanćā́, -ā́s(as) |
| vocative | *wanća | *wanćā́ | *wanćā́, -ā́s(as) |
| accusative | *wanćám | *wanćā́ | *wanćā́ns |
| instrumental | *wanćā́ | *wanćáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām | *wanćā́yš |
| ablative | *wanćā́t | *wanćáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām | *wanćáybʰyas |
| dative | *wanćā́y | *wanćáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām | *wanćáybʰyas |
| genitive | *wanćásya | *wanćáyās | *wanćā́na(H)m |
| locative | *wanćáy | *wanćáyaw | *wanćáyšu |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “vam̆́śá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 485
- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “vam·śá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 549-50