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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Háwawčat

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 *h₂é-we-wk-e-t, reduplicated thematic root aorist of *wekʷ- (“to speak”).[1]

Verb

*Háwawčat[2]

  1. to say

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Háwawćat
  • Proto-Iranian: *Háwawčat
    • Old Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬊𐬗𐬀𐬝 (vaocat̰, 3sg.aor.inj.act.)

References
  1. Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*u̯eku̯-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 673-674
  2. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “vac”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 541
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