𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀
Avestan
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *daywáh (compare Old Persian 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (daiva) and Persian دیو (dēw)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás (compare Sanskrit देव (devá)), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós.
Semantic shift from original Indo-Iranian "god". In Indo-Aryan it retains this meaning, but it changes in Old Iranian into "demon".
References
- Martínez García, Javier; de Vaan, Michiel (2014) Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages; 1), Brill, →ISBN
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