Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dʰéh₁s

This Proto-Indo-European 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-European

Etymology

From *dʰeh₁- (“to do”) +‎ *-s (root nominal suffix).

Noun

*dʰéh₁s m (oblique stem dʰh₁s-)

1. god, godhead, deity
2. sacred place

Inflection

Athematic, amphikinetic
	singular
nominative	*dʰéh₁s
genitive	*dʰh₁sés
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dʰéh₁s	*dʰéh₁sh₁(e)	*dʰéh₁ses
vocative	*dʰéh₁s	*dʰéh₁sh₁(e)	*dʰéh₁ses
accusative	*dʰéh₁sm̥	*dʰéh₁sh₁(e)	*dʰéh₁sm̥s
genitive	*dʰh₁sés	*?	*dʰh₁sóHom
ablative	*dʰh₁sés	*?	*dʰh₁smós, *dʰh₁sbʰós
dative	*dʰh₁séy	*?	*dʰh₁smós, *dʰh₁sbʰós
locative	*dʰéh₁s, *dʰéh₁si	*?	*dʰh₁sú
instrumental	*dʰh₁séh₁	*?	*dʰh₁smís, *dʰh₁sbʰís

Derived terms

• *dʰeh₁s-eh₂-li-
  • Proto-Italic: *fēzālis
    • Latin: fērālis (see there for further descendants)
• *dʰéh₁s-i-s
  • >? Proto-Germanic: *dīsiz (“goddess”) (see there for further descendants)
• *dʰh₁s-no-
  • Proto-Italic: *faznom (see there for further descendants)
• *dʰh₁s-o- (thematicized)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *tʰehós (see there for further descendants)
  • Phrygian: δεως (deōs)
  • Lydian: tasẽn (“votive object”)
• *dʰeh₁s-to-
  • Proto-Italic: *fēstos
    • Latin: fēstus
• *dʰeh₁s-yo- (*-yós genitive adjective)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *tʰḗhios
    • Ancient Greek: θεῖος (theîos) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic: *fēsios
    • Latin: fēriae (see there for further descendants)
    • Oscan: 𐌚𐌉𐌝𐌔𐌝𐌀𐌉𐌔 (fiísíais), 𐌚𐌉𐌉𐌔𐌉𐌉𐌔 (fiisiis), 𐌚𐌉𐌔𐌉𐌀𐌝𐌔 (fisiaís, dat.-abl. pl.)
• *dʰh₁s-*bʰh₂tós
  • Proto-Hellenic: *tʰéspʰatos
    • Ancient Greek: θέσφατος (thésphatos, “decreed by a god/God”)
      • Greek: θέσφατο (thésfato)

Descendants

• Proto-Armenian: *dʰēses (< the plural *dʰéh₁ses)
  • Old Armenian: դիք pl (dikʻ)
    • → Armenian: դիք (dikʻ)