Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/daHiwā́

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/daHiwā́

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words 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 *deh₂iwḗr.

Noun

*daHiwā́ m[1]

1. husband's brother

Descendants

• Indo-Aryan: *da(H)iwā́
  • Sanskrit: देवृ (devṛ́) (nom. sg. देवा (devā́)), देवर (devará)
    • Maharastri Prakrit: [Term?]
      • Marathi: दीर (dīr)
      • Konkani: देर (dēr)
    • Pali: devara
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀭 (devara)
      • Gujarati: દેવર (devar)
      • Hindi: देवर (devar)
      • Nepali: देवर (dewara)
      • Punjabi: ਦੇਵਰ (devr)
• Iranian: *θHaywā́ (< methatized *dHaywā́)
  • Kurdish: tî
  • Ossetian: тиу (tiw), теу (tew)
  • Parachi: hīwar
  • Pashto: لېور‎ (lewár)
  • Yagnobi: сеԝир (sewir), сиԝир (siwir)

References

1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project)‎, Leiden University