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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/déḱos

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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 *deḱ- (“take, perceive”) +‎ *-os.

Noun

*déḱos n (oblique stem *déḱes-) [1][2][3][4]

  1. that which is proper

Inflection
Athematic, acrostatic
singular
nominative *déḱos
genitive *déḱesos
singular dual plural
nominative *déḱos *déḱesih₁ *déḱōs
vocative *déḱos *déḱesih₁ *déḱōs
accusative *déḱos *déḱesih₁ *déḱōs
genitive *déḱesos *? *déḱesoHom
ablative *déḱesos *? *déḱesmos
dative *déḱesey *? *déḱesmos
locative *déḱes, *déḱesi *? *déḱesu
instrumental *déḱesh₁ *? *déḱesbʰi

Descendants
  • (perhaps) *deḱs-
  • Celtic: *dekos (“honor, pride”)
    • Old Irish: dech (“better”)
  • Indo-Iranian: *dā́ĉas, *daĉasyáti
    • Indo-Aryan: *dā́śas, *daśasyáti
      • Sanskrit: दाश् (dā́ś, “worship veneration”), दशस्यति (daśasyáti, “offer, present”) (< causative *déḱes-ye-)
  • Italic: *dekos (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “decet”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 164
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 94
  3. Karin Stüber (2006) “Die indogermanischen Ausdrücke für ‘rechts’ und ‘links’”. International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Reconstruction, 3, 61-72.
  4. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “dexter”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 168
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