Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/HwiHćati

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 *h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti, from *dwih₁ḱm̥ti.

Numeral

*HwiHćati

twenty

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *HwiHśatí
- Sanskrit: विं॒श॒ति (viṃśatí)
  - Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (vīsati)
    - Prakrit: 𑀯𑀻𑀲 (vīsa), 𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀤𑀺 (vīsadi) — Śaurasenī, 𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀇 (vīsaï) — Ardhamāgadhī, Māgadhī, Māhārāṣṭrī (see there for further descendants)
  - Dardic:
    - Kashmiri: وُہ (vuh)
  - Pali: vīsati
Proto-Iranian: *HwiHcati (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Nuristani: *wī̆cati (see there for further descendants)

References

Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages‎^[1], Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass
MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “wīst”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
Monier Williams (1899) “Proto-Indo-Iranian/HwiHćati”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0953.