Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/déḱos

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/déḱos

This Proto-Indo-European 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-European

Etymology

From *deḱ- (“take, perceive”) +‎ *-os.

Noun

*déḱos n[1][2][3][4]

1. that which is proper

Inflection

Athematic, acrostatic
	singular
nominative	*déḱos
genitive	*déḱesos
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*déḱos	*déḱesih₁	*déḱōs
vocative	*déḱos	*déḱesih₁	*déḱōs
accusative	*déḱos	*déḱesih₁	*déḱōs
genitive	*déḱesos	*?	*déḱesoHom
ablative	*déḱesos	*?	*déḱesmos
dative	*déḱesey	*?	*déḱesmos
locative	*déḱes, *déḱesi	*?	*déḱesu
instrumental	*déḱesh₁	*?	*déḱesmis

Descendants

• (perhaps) *deḱs-
• Proto-Celtic: *dagos (“honor, pride”)
  • Old Irish: dech (“better”)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dā́ćas, *daćasyáti
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dā́śas, *daśasyáti
    • Sanskrit: दाश् (dā́ś, “worship veneration”), दशस्यति (daśasyáti, “offer, present”) (< causative *déḱes-ye-)
• Proto-Italic: *dekos (see there for further descendants)

References

1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “decet”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 164
2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 94
3. Karin Stüber (2006) “Die indogermanischen Ausdrücke für ‘rechts’ und ‘links’”. International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Reconstruction, 3, 61-72.
4. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “dexter”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 168