Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/dʰa(H)inúš

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 *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”).

Noun

*dʰa(H)inúš f

milch cow

Declension

consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dʰa(H)inúš	*dʰa(H)inúā́w	*dʰa(H)inúás
vocative	*dʰa(H)inú	*dʰa(H)inúā́w	*dʰa(H)inúás
accusative	*dʰa(H)inúám	*dʰa(H)inúā́w	*dʰa(H)inúás
instrumental	*dʰa(H)inúáH	*dʰa(H)inúbʰyáH, -bʰyā́m	*dʰa(H)inúbʰíš
ablative	*dʰa(H)inúás	*dʰa(H)inúbʰyáH, -bʰyā́m	*dʰa(H)inúbʰyáH
dative	*dʰa(H)inúáy	*dʰa(H)inúbʰyáH, -bʰyā́m	*dʰa(H)inúbʰyáH
genitive	*dʰa(H)inúás	*dʰa(H)inúáwš	*dʰa(H)inúām
locative	*dʰa(H)inúí	*dʰa(H)inúáwš	*dʰa(H)inúsu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dʰa(H)inúṣ
- Sanskrit: धेनु (dhenú) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *da(H)inúš
- Avestan: 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬎 (daēnu)
- Khotanese: (dīnū)
- Khwarezmian: δy(n) (“woman”)
- Middle Persian: (/⁠dēnōdag⁠/, “female, milk”)
→? Proto-Turkic: *tāna (see there for further descendants)

References

Scarborough, Matthew (2014) “Grammatical and Etymological Commentary to RV 1.32”, in Humanities Commons‎