Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/agʰnyáH

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

Feminine of *agʰnyás, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-gʷʰn̥-yós (literally “not to be killed”), from *gʷʰen- (“to kill”).

Noun

*agʰnyáH f[1]

milch cow

Declension

aH-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*agʰnyáH	*agʰnyáy	*agʰnyā́s
vocative	*agʰnyay	*agʰnyáy	*agʰnyā́s
accusative	*agʰnyā́m	*agʰnyáy	*agʰnyā́s
instrumental	*agʰnyáyaH́	*agʰnyáHbʰyā(m)	*agʰnyáHbʰiš
ablative	*agʰnyáyaHs	*agʰnyáHbʰyā(m)	*agʰnyáHbʰyas
dative	*agʰnyáyaHy	*agʰnyáHbʰyā(m)	*agʰnyáHbʰyas
genitive	*agʰnyáyaHs	*agʰnyāyās	*agʰnyáHnām
locative	*agʰnyáyaH(m)	*agʰnyāyaw	*agʰnyáHsu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *agʰnyáH
- Sanskrit: अघ्न्या (aghnyā́, “cow”)
Proto-Iranian: *agnyáH
- Avestan: 𐬀𐬔𐬆𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬁 (agəniiā, “milch cow”)

References

Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “ághnyā-, aghnyā́-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

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[1] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “ághnyā-, aghnyā́-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University