Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wapras
Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wep(h₁)- (“to scatter; to harass”), and cognate with Sanskrit वप् (vap, “to scatter, strew”), Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬞𐬀𐬝 (vīuuāpat̰, “strews apart, plunders”), Hittite 𒄷𒉿𒀊𒍣 (huwapp-i, “to hurl, throw; to mistreat, harass”), [script needed] (hippa-, “heap”), 𒄷𒉿𒀊𒉺𒀸 (huwappa-, “evil, badness”), Old Irish fel (“bad”), and possibly English evil.[1]
Noun
*wapras m
Inflection
| masculine a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *wapras | *waprā(w) | *waprās(as) |
| vocative | *wapra | *waprā(w) | *waprās(as) |
| accusative | *wapram | *waprā(w) | *waprāns |
| instrumental | *wapraH | *wapraybʰyā(m) | *waprāyš |
| ablative | *waprāt | *wapraybʰyā(m) | *wapraybʰyas |
| dative | *waprāy | *wapraybʰyā(m) | *wapraybʰyas |
| genitive | *waprasya | *waprayās | *waprānaHam |
| locative | *wapray | *waprayaw | *waprayšu |
Descendants
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wapras
- Sanskrit: वप्र (vapra, “rampart, hillock”)
- Proto-Iranian: *wafrah (“snow”) (see there for further descendants)[2][3][4]
References
- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 503-4; 505
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 144; 145
- ^ Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 513