Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/bʰaHȷ́ʰúš

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *bʰeh₂ǵʰús.

Noun

*bʰaHȷ́ʰúš m^[1]

arm

Declension

consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bʰaHȷ́ʰús	*bʰaHȷ́ʰúāw	*bʰaHȷ́ʰúas
vocative	*bʰaHȷ́ʰú	*bʰaHȷ́ʰúāw	*bʰaHȷ́ʰúas
accusative	*bʰaHȷ́ʰúam	*bʰaHȷ́ʰúāw	*bʰaHȷ́ʰúas
instrumental	*bʰaHȷ́ʰúaH	*bʰaHȷ́ʰúbʰyaH, -bʰyām	*bʰaHȷ́ʰúbʰiš
ablative	*bʰaHȷ́ʰúas	*bʰaHȷ́ʰúbʰyaH, -bʰyām	*bʰaHȷ́ʰúbʰyaH
dative	*bʰaHȷ́ʰúay	*bʰaHȷ́ʰúbʰyaH, -bʰyām	*bʰaHȷ́ʰúbʰyaH
genitive	*bʰaHȷ́ʰúas	*bʰaHȷ́ʰúawš	*bʰaHȷ́ʰúām
locative	*bʰaHȷ́ʰúi	*bʰaHȷ́ʰúawš	*bʰaHȷ́ʰúsu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *baHźʰúṣ
- Sanskrit: बाहु (bāhú)
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Gujarati: બાંય (bā̃ya)
    - Hindi: बांह (bā̃h)
Proto-Iranian: *baHjúš (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Nuristani: *bāȷ́ú
- Northern Nuristani:
  - Prasuni: vaz

References

^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “*bāhú-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[1] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “*bāhú-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

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