Reconstruction:Prakrit/𑀳𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀇

This 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.

Prakrit

Etymology

Probably of the same source as Classical Sanskrit अण्ठते (aṇṭhate, “moves”), हिण्डते (hiṇḍate, “wanders”), which may be Proto-Dravidian *aṇṭṭ- (“to adhere, stick”), whence Tamil அண்டு (aṇṭu, “to approach”). Cognate with Kashmiri ہٹن (haṭun). Only prefixed 𑀑𑀳𑀝𑁆𑀝 (ohaṭṭa, “gone away”) is attested.

Verb

*𑀳𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀇 (*haṭṭaï) (Devanagari *हट्टइ)

to move

Alternative reconstructions

*𑀳𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀇 (*haṭṭhaï), *𑀳𑀁𑀝𑀇 (*haṃṭaï), *𑀳𑀁𑀞𑀇 (*haṃṭhaï), *𑀳𑀁𑀟𑀇 (*haṃḍaï), *𑀳𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀇 (*hiṭṭaï)

Derived terms

*𑀧𑀳𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀇 (*pahaṭṭaï) (with 𑀧- (pa-))
- Old Hindi: पहटना (pahaṭanā)
  - Hindi: पहटना (pahaṭnā)
  - Urdu: پہٹنا (pahaṭnā, “drive away”)
𑀑𑀳𑀝𑁆𑀝 (ohaṭṭa, “gone away”) (with 𑀑- (o-))
- Bhojpuri: ओहटा (ōhᵊṭā, “far away”)

Descendants

Central Indo-Aryan:
- Old Hindi:
  - Hindi: हटना (haṭnā, “to move”), हाँड़ना (hā̃ṛnā, “to roam, loiter”)
  - Urdu: ہٹنا (haṭnā), ہانڑنا (hā̃ṛnā)
Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Old Bengali:
  - Bengali: হটা (hṭa), হঠা (hoṭha), হাঁটা (hãṭa)
- Early Assamese: হাণ্ঠ্ (haṇṭh)
  - Assamese: হাঁঠ (hãth)
- Maithili: हटब (haṭab)
- Sylheti: ꠀꠐꠣ (aṭa)
- Odia: ହଟିବା (haṭibā), ହାଣ୍ଟିବା (hāṇṭibā)
Northern Indo-Aryan:
- Kumaoni: [script needed] (haṭṇo)
- Nepali: हट्नु (haṭnu)
Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Sindhi: [script needed] (haṭaṇu)
- Lahnda: [script needed] (haṭaṇ)
- Punjabi: ਹਟਣਾ (haṭṇā), ਹੰਢਣਾ (haṇḍhṇā)
Southern Indo-Aryan:
- Old Marathi:
  - Marathi: हटणे (haṭṇe)
Western Indo-Aryan:
- Old Gujarati:
  - Gujarati: હઠવું (haṭhvũ)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “haṭṭ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 26