Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/gasćáti

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 *gʷm̥sḱéti.

    Verb

    *gasćáti[1]

    1. to step, go

    Descendants

    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *gasćati
    • Proto-Iranian: *gascati[1]
      • Avestan: 𐬘𐬀𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (jasaiti) (with 𐬘- (j-) from athematic root aorist 𐬘𐬇𐬥 (jə̄n))
      • Khwarezmian: 𐾾𐾳𐾿- (nɣs-, to arrive) (+ *ni-)

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Lipp, Reiner (2009) Die indogermanischen und einzelsprachlichen Palatale im Indoiranischen: Neurekonstruktion, Nuristan-Sprachen, Genese der indoarischen Retroflexe, Indoarisch von Mitanni (Indogermanische Bibliothek; 3) (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Winter, pages 183-4