Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hyáȷ́ati

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 *h₁yaǵ-.

Verb

*Hyáȷ́ati

to worship, sacrifice

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hyáȷ́ati
- Sanskrit: यजति (yájati)
Proto-Iranian: *Hyájati^[1]
- Younger Avestan: 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (yazaⁱti)
  - → Middle Persian:
    Manichaean script: 𐫏𐫉𐫏𐫏𐫅 (yzyyd)
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (YḎBHWN-tn' /⁠yaštan⁠/), [Book Pahlavi needed] (yzm /⁠yazam⁠/, 1sg.pres.)
    Classical Persian: یشتن (yaštan)
- Khotanese: [script needed] (gyaṣ-)
- Parthian: 𐭉𐭔𐭕𐭂‎ (yštg‎, “to venerate”, perf.pass.)
- Old Persian: 𐎹𐎭𐎫𐎡𐎹 (y-d-t-i-y /⁠yadataiy⁠/)
- Sogdian:
  Old Sogdian script: 𐼀𐼊𐼈𐼚𐼊 (ʾyzty)
- → Old Armenian: յազեմ (yazem)

Related terms

Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hyaȷ́atás
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hyaȷ́atás
  - Sanskrit: यजत (yajatá)
- Proto-Iranian: *Hyajatáh (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*i̯az”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[1] Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*i̯az”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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