Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/pr̥šćáti

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

    Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥sḱéti.

    Verb

    *pr̥šćáti[1][2]

    1. to ask

    Inflection

    Descendants

    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *pr̥šśáti[1]
    • Proto-Iranian: *pr̥sáti[3][1]
      • Avestan: 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (pərəsaiti), 𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬁 (fraštā, aor.inj.med.)
      • Khotanese: [script needed] (pulśtä)
      • Northern Kurdish: pirsîn
      • Parthian: 𐫛𐫇𐫡𐫘𐫏𐫅 (pwrsyd /⁠pursēd⁠/)
      • Old Persian: 𐎱𐎼𐎿𐎠𐎷𐎹 (p-r-s-a-mi-y /⁠pạrsāmiy⁠/, to ask, punish, 1sg.pres.act.)
        • Middle Persian: (/⁠pursēd⁠/)
          Manichaean script: 𐫛𐫇𐫡𐫘𐫏𐫅 (pwrsyd)
          Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (pwrsyt)
      • Sogdo-Bactrian:
        • Bactrian: πορσοδο (porsodo)
        • Khwarezmian: [script needed] (mš-), [script needed] (bš-)
        • Parthian: 𐫀𐫛𐫡𐫘𐫤𐫏 (ʾprsty)

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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, page 176:*pr̥ščá-
    2. ^ The template Template:R:hi:Misra does not use the parameter(s):
      passage=prsčati
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      Misra, Bal Govind (1967) Historical Phonology of Modern Standard Hindi: Proto-Indo-European to the Present, Cornell University, page 54
    3. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*fras/prs”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 88