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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/HwáHatas

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 *h₂wéh₁-n̥t-os, from *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“wind”).

Noun

*HwáHatas m[1]

  1. wind

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *HwáHatas
    • Sanskrit: वात (vā́ta) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Iranian: *HwáHatah (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “vā́ta-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 580
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