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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/mráwHti

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 *mléwHti, from the root *mlewH-.

Verb

*mráwHti[1]

  1. to say, talk
    Synonym: *Háwǰʰati

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *bráwHti
  • Proto-Iranian: *mráwHtī[2]
    • Avestan: 𐬨𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬙𐬌 (mraoiti)

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “bravi”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  2. Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*mrauH”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 274
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