Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/kás

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 *kʷós.

Pronoun

*kás (feminine *káH, neuter *kád)

who

Descendants

Indo-Aryan: *kás
- Sanskrit: क (ká), कः (káḥ, nom.sg.)[1]
Iranian: *káh
- Old Avestan: 𐬐𐬀‎ (ka), 𐬐𐬇‎ (kə̄, nom.sg.)[2]
  - Younger Avestan: 𐬐𐬀‎ (ka), 𐬐𐬋‎ (kō, nom.sg.)

References

Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “ká-¹”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 284
Martínez García, Javier; de Vaan, Michiel (2014) Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages; 1), Brill, →ISBN, page 15

[1] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “ká-¹”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 284

[2] Martínez García, Javier; de Vaan, Michiel (2014) Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages; 1), Brill, →ISBN, page 15