Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/dáHnam

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 *déh₃nom.

Noun

*dáHnam n^[1]

gift

Declension

neuter a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dáHnam	*dáHnay	*dáHnaH
vocative	*dáHnam	*dáHnay	*dáHnaH
accusative	*dáHnam	*dáHnay	*dáHnaH
instrumental	*dáHnā	*dáHnaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*dáHnāyš
ablative	*dáHnāt	*dáHnaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*dáHnaybʰyas
dative	*dáHnāy	*dáHnaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*dáHnaybʰyas
genitive	*dáHnasya	*dáHnayās	*dáHnāna(H)m
locative	*dáHnay	*dáHnayaw	*dáHnayšu

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dáHnam
- Sanskrit: दान (dā́na) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *dáHnam
- Avestan: *𐬛𐬁𐬥𐬀 (*dāna) (in personal names)

References

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

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

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