Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Háwštʰas

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 *h₁óh₃us-to-s, from *h₁óh₃s (“mouth”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *ūstà (“mouth”).

Noun

*Háwštʰas m

lip

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Háwštʰas	*Háwštʰā(w)	*Háwštʰās(as)
vocative	*Háwštʰa	*Háwštʰā(w)	*Háwštʰās(as)
accusative	*Háwštʰam	*Háwštʰā(w)	*Háwštʰāns
instrumental	*HáwštʰaH	*Háwštʰaybʰyā(m)	*Háwštʰāyš
ablative	*Háwštʰāt	*Háwštʰaybʰyā(m)	*Háwštʰaybʰyas
dative	*Háwštʰāy	*Háwštʰaybʰyā(m)	*Háwštʰaybʰyas
genitive	*Háwštʰasya	*Háwštʰayās	*HáwštʰānaHam
locative	*Háwštʰay	*Háwštʰayaw	*Háwštʰayšu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Háwṣṭʰas
- Sanskrit: ओष्ठ (óṣṭha) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *Háwštah
- Avestan: 𐬀𐬊𐬱𐬙𐬀(-𐬗𐬀) (aošta(-ca), “upper lip”)
Proto-Nuristani: (or borrowed from Indo-Aryan)
- Northern Nuristani:
  - Kamkata-viri:
    Kamviri: íṣṭ
    
    Kativiri: íṣṭ
- Southern Nuristani:
  - Ashkun: úṣṭ
  - Tregami: vúṣṭ
  - Waigali: üṣṭ