Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/watsás

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 *wots-ó-s, from *wét-o-s ~ *wét-es-o-s (“year”) + *-ós.[1][2]

    Noun

    *watsás m[1][2]

    1. yearling calf

    Declension

    masculine a-stem
    singular dual plural
    nominative *watsás *watsā́(w) *watsā́s(as)
    vocative *wátsa *wátsā(w) *wátsās(as)
    accusative *watsám *watsā́(w) *watsā́ns
    instrumental *watsáH *watsáybʰyā(m) *watsā́yš
    ablative *watsā́t *watsáybʰyā(m) *watsáybʰyas
    dative *watsā́y *watsáybʰyā(m) *watsáybʰyas
    genitive *watsásya *watsáyās *watsā́naHam
    locative *watsáy *watsáyaw *watsáyšu

    Descendants

    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *watsás
      • Sanskrit: वत्स (vatsá) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Iranian: *wacáh (see there for further descendants)
    • → Proto-Finnic: *vasa[2]

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “vatsá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “vatsá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag
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