Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/dráwnam

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 *dréw-no-m, from *dóru (“wood”).

Noun

*dráwnam n^[1]

wooden object

Declension

neuter a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dráwnam	*dráwnay	*dráwnaH
vocative	*dráwnam	*dráwnay	*dráwnaH
accusative	*dráwnam	*dráwnay	*dráwnaH
instrumental	*dráwnā	*dráwnaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*dráwnāyš
ablative	*dráwnāt	*dráwnaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*dráwnaybʰyas
dative	*dráwnāy	*dráwnaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*dráwnaybʰyas
genitive	*dráwnasya	*dráwnayās	*dráwnāna(H)m
locative	*dráwnay	*dráwnayaw	*dráwnayšu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dráwnam (“wooden vessel”)
- Sanskrit: द्रोण (dróṇa) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *dráwnam (“bow”)^[2]
- Baluchi: درین (drīn)
- Middle Persian: (dlwn' /⁠drōn⁠/)
  - ⇒ Middle Persian: (drwng /⁠drōnag⁠/)
    - Persian: درونه (darune, dorune)
- Proto-Scythian: *drūnu
  - Proto-Sarmatian: *drūna
    - Alanic: *ærdunæ
      - Ossetian: (“bow; rainbow”)
        Digor Ossetian: ӕрдунӕ (ærdunæ), андурӕ (anduræ)
        
        Iron Ossetian: ӕрдын (ærdyn)
      - ⇒? Alanic: *ærdunæg
        →? Russian: ра́дуга (ráduga)^[3]
- Sogdian: (δrw'n)

References

^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “drón.a-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 185
^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “dróṇa”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 761
^ Szemerényi, Oswald (1967) “Славянская этимология на индоевропейском фоне”, in В. А. Меркулова, transl., Вопросы языкознания (in Russian), number 4, page 23

[1] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “drón.a-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 185

[2] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “dróṇa”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 761

[3] Szemerényi, Oswald (1967) “Славянская этимология на индоевропейском фоне”, in В. А. Меркулова, transl., Вопросы языкознания (in Russian), number 4, page 23

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