Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Há-

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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁é-.

Prefix

*Há-

  1. the augment, an inseparable prefix used to form the past tense

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Há-
    • Sanskrit: अ- (á-)
      • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: अ- (a-)
      • Pali: a-
  • Proto-Iranian: *Há-
    • Avestan: 𐬀- (a-) (only in some vowel-initial words)
    • Old Persian: 𐎠 (a /⁠a-⁠/)
    • Sogdian: [script needed] (ʾ /⁠-ā-⁠/), [Term?] (/⁠ī⁠/) (contracted from [Term?] (/⁠-ya-⁠/))
    • Yagnobi: а- (a-)

References

  1. ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014) Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 179