Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/gā́wš

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Proto-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš

    From Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”).

    Noun

    *gā́wš m or f

    1. cow

    Descendants

    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *gā́wṣ
    • Proto-Iranian: *gā́wš (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Nuristani: *gā́wā
      • Northern Nuristani:
      • Southern Nuristani:

    References

    • Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 203
    • Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 205ff
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