Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/náHuš

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 *néh₂us.

Noun

*náHuš f

boat

Declension

masculine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*náHuš	*náHuH	*náHawas
vocative	*náHaw	*náHuH	*náHawas
accusative	*náHum	*náHuH	*náHunš
instrumental	*náHuH	*náHubʰyaH	*náHubʰiš
ablative	*náHawš	*náHubʰyaH	*náHubʰyas
dative	*náHaway	*náHubʰyaH	*náHubʰyas
genitive	*náHawš	*náHuwaHs	*náHunām?
locative	*náHā(w)?	*náHuwaw	*náHušu

Derived terms

*naHwiyás (“boatable, navigable”)
*naHuHaȷ́ás (“navigator”)

Descendants

Indo-Aryan: *náHuṣ
- Sanskrit: नौ (naú), नावा (nāvā́)
  - Hindi: नाव (nāv)
  - Pali: nāvā
  - Sauraseni Prakrit: ṇāvā
  - Sinhalese: නැව (næva)
Iranian: *náHuš (see there for further descendants)
Nuristani: *nó (“mill race”) (see there for further descendants)

References

Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “newiya”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 364

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