Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/kaćyápas

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

Unknown; possibly from the BMAC substrate or from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to cut”).

Noun

*kaćyápas m

1. turtle

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kaćyápas	*kaćyápā(w)	*kaćyápās(as)
vocative	*kaćyápa	*kaćyápā(w)	*kaćyápās(as)
accusative	*kaćyápam	*kaćyápā(w)	*kaćyápāns
instrumental	*kaćyápaH	*kaćyápaybʰyā(m)	*kaćyápāyš
ablative	*kaćyápāt	*kaćyápaybʰyā(m)	*kaćyápaybʰyas
dative	*kaćyápāy	*kaćyápaybʰyā(m)	*kaćyápaybʰyas
genitive	*kaćyápasya	*kaćyápayās	*kaćyápānaHam
locative	*kaćyápay	*kaćyápayaw	*kaćyápayšu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kaśyápas
  • Sanskrit: कश्यप (kaśyápa) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *kacyápah (see there for further descendants)