Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/kás

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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 *kʷós.

Pronoun

*kás (feminine *káH, neuter *kád)

  1. (interrogative) who

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kás
    • Sanskrit: (), कः (káḥ, nom.sg.)
  • Proto-Iranian: *káh

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “ká-1”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 284
  2. ^ Martínez García, Javier, de Vaan, Michiel (2014) Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages; 1)‎, Brill, →ISBN, page 15