Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/náyHati

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 *néyHeti, thematic present of *neyH- (“to lead”).

Verb

*náyHati

to lead

Inflection

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Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *náyHati^[1]
- Sanskrit: नय॑ति (náyati)
  - Dardic:
    - Khowar: [script needed] (neik)
    - Kashmiri: نیُن (nyun, “to take”)
    - Torwali: [script needed] (nei)
  - Prakrit: 𑀡𑁂𑀇 (ṇei), 𑀡𑁂𑀤𑀺 (ṇedi), 𑀡𑀬𑀤𑀺 (ṇayadi) — Śaurasenī (see there for further descendants)
  - Pali: nayati, neti
Proto-Iranian: *náyHatī^[2]
- Younger Avestan: 𐬥𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (naiieⁱti)
- Sogdian: [script needed] (n'y'ty, 3sg.subj)
- Old Persian: 𐎠𐎴𐎹 (a-n-y /⁠anaya⁠/, 3sg.impf.ind)
  - Middle Persian:
    Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (nʾyd, 3sg.pres.ind)

References

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “náyati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*naiH”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 278

[1] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “náyati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

[2] Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*naiH”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 278

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