Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hyaȷ́nás

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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-nós, from *h₁yaǵ- (“to sacrifice, worship”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἁγνός (hagnós).

Noun

*Hyaȷ́nás m (religion)

1. worship
2. sacrifice

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Hyaȷ́nas	*Hyaȷ́nā	*Hyaȷ́nā, -ās(as)
vocative	*Hyaȷ́na	*Hyaȷ́nā	*Hyaȷ́nā, -ās(as)
accusative	*Hyaȷ́nam	*Hyaȷ́nā	*Hyaȷ́nāns
instrumental	*Hyaȷ́nā	*Hyaȷ́naybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*Hyaȷ́nāyš
ablative	*Hyaȷ́nāt	*Hyaȷ́naybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*Hyaȷ́naybʰyas
dative	*Hyaȷ́nāy	*Hyaȷ́naybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*Hyaȷ́naybʰyas
genitive	*Hyaȷ́nasya	*Hyaȷ́nayās	*Hyaȷ́nāna(H)m
locative	*Hyaȷ́nay	*Hyaȷ́nayaw	*Hyaȷ́nayšu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hyaȷ́nás
  • Sanskrit: यज्ञ (yajñá) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *Hyajnáh (see there for further descendants)

References

• R. Schmitt (2011) “Aryans”, in Encyclopedia Iranica Online