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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/dráwnam

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 *dréw-no-m, from *dóru (wood).

Noun

*dráwnam n[1]

  1. wooden object

Declension

neuter a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *dráwnam *dráwnay *dráwnaH
vocative *dráwnam *dráwnay *dráwnaH
accusative *dráwnam *dráwnay *dráwnaH
instrumental *dráwnā *dráwnaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām *dráwnāyš
ablative *dráwnāt *dráwnaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām *dráwnaybʰyas
dative *dráwnāy *dráwnaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām *dráwnaybʰyas
genitive *dráwnasya *dráwnayās *dráwnāna(H)m
locative *dráwnay *dráwnayaw *dráwnayšu

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dráwnam (wooden vessel)
  • Proto-Iranian: *dráwnam (bow)[2]
    • Baluchi: درین (drīn)
    • Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (dlwn' /⁠drōn⁠/)
      • Middle Persian: [Manichaean needed] (drwng /⁠drōnag⁠/)
    • Old Ossetic: *ardun-
    • Sogdian: [script needed] (δrw'n)

References

  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “drón.a-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 185
  2. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “dróṇa”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 761
  3. Szemerényi, Oswald (1967) “Славянская этимология на индоевропейском фоне”, in В. А. Меркулова, transl., Вопросы языкознания (in Russian), number 4, page 23
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