Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/pančaHćát

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 *penkʷeh₁ḱḿ̥t (“fifty”).

Numeral

*pančaHćát^[1]

fifty

Inflection

consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pančaHćát	*pančaHćátā(w)	*pančaHćátas
vocative	*pánčaHćat	*pánčaHćatā(w)	*pánčaHćatas
accusative	*pančaHćátam	*pančaHćátā(w)	*pančaHćátas
instrumental	*pančaHćátaH	*pančaHćádbʰyā(m)	*pančaHćádbʰiš
ablative	*pančaHćátas	*pančaHćádbʰyā(m)	*pančaHćádbʰyaH
dative	*pančaHćátay	*pančaHćádbʰyā(m)	*pančaHćádbʰyaH
genitive	*pančaHćátas	*pančaHćátHās	*pančaHćátaHam
locative	*pančaHćáti	*pančaHćátHaw	*pančaHćátsu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *panćaHśát
- Sanskrit: पञ्चाशत् (pañcāśát) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *pančaHcát
- Avestan: 𐬞𐬀𐬧𐬗𐬁𐬯𐬀𐬙 (paṇcāsat)
- Khotanese: [script needed] (paṃjsāsä)
- Tumshuqese: [script needed] (patsasu)
- Middle Persian: [script needed] (pncʾh /⁠panjāh⁠/)
  - Persian: پنجاه (panjâh)

References

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

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

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