Where does “dayśás” come from?

dayśás (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian dayćás, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.

dayśás (Proto-Indo-Aryan): point, region, part; country, province

Definitions

  1. point, region, part; country, province

Ancestry of “dayśás”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iraniandayćáspart, point; country
2Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out

Words derived from “dayśás”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian dayćás →
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