Reconstruction:Ashokan Prakrit/𑀅𑀢𑁆𑀢

This Ashokan Prakrit 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.

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अत्त (atta, “eaten”, past participle of अद् (ad, “to eat”, root)); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”).

Noun

*𑀅𑀢𑁆𑀢 (*atta)^[1]

food

Derived terms

*𑀕𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢 (*gavatta) (< Sanskrit गो (gó) + *atta)^[2]
- Prakrit: 𑀕𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢 (gavatta)
- ⇒ Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀕𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢-𑀓 (*gavatta-ka)
  - Prakrit: *𑀕𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢-𑀕 (*gavatta-ga)
    - Gujarati: ગોતું (gotũ)
    - Old Marathi: 𑘐𑘪𑘝 (gavata)
      - Marathi: गवत (gavat)

References

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*atta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 12
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gavatta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 219