Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/uktíš

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 *wékʷ-ti-s ~ *ukʷ-téy-s, from *wekʷ- (“to speak”) +‎ *-tis.

Noun

*uktíš m[1]

  1. speech, pronouncement

Inflection

masculine/feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *uktíš *uktíH *uktáyas
vocative *úktay *úktiH *úktayas
accusative *uktím *uktíH *uktínš
instrumental *uktíH *uktíbʰyā(m) *uktíbʰiš
ablative *uktáyš *uktíbʰyā(m) *uktíbʰyas
dative *uktáyay *uktíbʰyā(m) *uktíbʰyas
genitive *uktáyš *uktiyā́s *uktiHnáHam
locative *uktā́y *uktiyáw *uktíšu

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *uktíṣ
  • Proto-Iranian: *uxtíš
    • Avestan: 𐬎𐬑𐬙𐬌 (uxti)
    • → Old Armenian: ուխտ (uxt)
    • Central Kurdish: وتن (wtin, “to say”)

References

  1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “vac”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 541
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