Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/daywás

This Proto-Indo-Iranian 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-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *deywós.

Noun

*daywás m

(religion) god

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*daywás	*daywā́	*daywā́, -ā́s(as)
vocative	*daywa	*daywā́	*daywā́, -ā́s(as)
accusative	*daywám	*daywā́	*daywā́ns
instrumental	*daywā́	*daywáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*daywā́yš
ablative	*daywā́t	*daywáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*daywáybʰyas
dative	*daywā́y	*daywáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*daywáybʰyas
genitive	*daywásya	*daywáyās	*daywā́na(H)m
locative	*daywáy	*daywáyaw	*daywáyšu

Descendants

Indo-Aryan: *daywás (“god, deity”)
- Sanskrit: देव (devá)
  - Hindi: देव (dev)
  - Sauraseni Prakrit: [Term?]
    - Gurjar Apabhramsa: [Term?]
      - Old Gujarati: देव (deva)
  - Rajasthani: देव (dev)
  - → Dravidian: [Term?]
    - Malayalam: ദൈവം (daivaṃ)
    - Tamil: தேவன் (tēvaṉ)
    - Telugu: దేవుడు (dēvuḍu)
  - → Malay: dewa
Iranian: *daywáh (“demon”) (see there for further descendants)

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