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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/deywós

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

Vriddhi derivative of the root *dyew- (sky, heaven); *dyew- > *diw- (zero-grade) > *deyw- (full grade vowel inserted in the wrong position).

Noun

*deywós m (non-ablauting) [1]

  1. god

Declension

Thematic
singular
nominative *deywós
genitive *deywósyo
singular dual plural
nominative *deywós *deywóh₁ *deywóes
vocative *deywé *deywóh₁ *deywóes
accusative *deywóm *deywóh₁ *deywóms
genitive *deywósyo *? *deywóoHom
ablative *deywéad *? *deywómos
dative *deywóey *? *deywómos
locative *deywéy, *deywóy *? *deywóysu
instrumental *deywóh₁ *? *deywṓys

Descendants

  • Anatolian: *diu- ("daylight god")
    • Lycian: ziw
    • Lydian: Divi-
    • Luwian: tiwat ("a sun god")
    • Palaic: tiyaz, tiuna
  • Balto-Slavic: *deiwas (see there for further descendants)
  • Celtic: *deiwos (see there for further descendants)
  • Germanic: *Tīwaz (see there for further descendants)
  • Indo-Iranian: *daywás (see there for further descendants)
  • Italic: *deiwos (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. Ringe, Don (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic, Oxford University Press
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