Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/dwáH

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

Proto-Indo-Iranian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *dwáH     Ordinal : *dwitíyas

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Numeral

*dwáH

1. two

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dwáH
  • Sanskrit: द्व (dvá) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *dwáH
  • Avestan: 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬀 (duua)
  • Bactrian: λοι (loi), λοοι (looi), λοο (loo)
  • Northern Kurdish: du
  • Ossetian:

    Digor Ossetian: дууӕ (duwæ)

    Iron Ossetian: дыууӕ (dywwæ)

  • Middle Persian: 𐭲𐭥𐭩𐭭 (tʿyn)
    • Persian: دو
    • Tajik: ду (du)
  • Baluchi: دو
• Proto-Nuristani: *dū́ (see there for further descendants)