Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/HráHtriH

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂

Proto-Indo-European *-trih₂

Proto-Indo-Iranian *HráHtriH

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁réh₁-trih₂, from the root *h₁reh₁- (“separate, lonely, quiet”). Compare Ancient Greek ἐρωή (erōḗ, “rest”) and Proto-Germanic *rōō (“quiet”).

Noun

*HráHtriH f^[1]

stillness (of night)
night

Inflection

yaH-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*HráHtriH	*HráHtriH	*HráHtriHš
vocative	*HráHtri	*HráHtriH	*HráHtriHš
accusative	*HráHtriHm	*HráHtriH	*HráHtriHš
instrumental	*HráHtryaH	*HráHtriHbʰyā(m)	*HráHtriHbʰiš
ablative	*HráHtryaHs	*HráHtriHbʰyā(m)	*HráHtriHbʰyas
dative	*HráHtryay	*HráHtriHbʰyā(m)	*HráHtriHbʰyas
genitive	*HráHtryaHs	*HráHtriHās	*HráHtriHnaHam
locative	*HráHtryaH	*HráHtriHaw	*HráHtriHsu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan:
- Vedic Sanskrit: रात्री (rā́trī, “night”)
  - Sanskrit: रात्रि॑ (rā́tri) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Nuristani: *r̆ātrī
- Kamkata-viri:
  ⇒ Northeastern: r̆ador (< *r̆ātr-vār)
  
  Southeastern: r̆otr
  
  Western: r̆otr
- Prasuni:
  Pronz: žeṭ
- Southern Nuristani:
  - ⇒ Ashkun:
    Sanu: ẓatrẽy
  - Tregami:
    Gambir: ḍẓātr
  - Waigali:
    Nisheigram: vātr

References

^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “rā́trī-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[IAIL-1] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “rā́trī-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

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