Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/-as

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

Alternative forms

*-š (after *r, *g, *y, *k, *w (Ruki rule))

Suffix

*-(a)s or *-(a)š

forms the nominative singular from the stem in some masculine nouns

Descendants

Indo-Aryan:
- Sanskrit: -स् (-s) (Vedic), -ः (-ḥ) (Classical), -अस् (-as) (Vedic), -अः (-aḥ) (Classical)
  - Sauraseni Prakrit: -𑀑 (-o)
Iranian:
- Avestan: -∅
- Old Persian: -𐎿 (-s), -𐏁 (-š)