Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/yaHtúš

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 *yeh₁- (“do, make, act vigorously”).^[1]

Noun

*yaHtúš m

sorcery, witchcraft, black-magic

Inflection

masculine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*yaHtúš	*yaHtúH	*yaHtáwas
vocative	*yáHtaw	*yáHtuH	*yáHtawas
accusative	*yaHtúm	*yaHtúH	*yaHtúnš
instrumental	*yaHtúH	*yaHtúbʰyā(m)	*yaHtúbʰiš
ablative	*yaHtáwš	*yaHtúbʰyā(m)	*yaHtúbʰyas
dative	*yaHtáway	*yaHtúbʰyā(m)	*yaHtúbʰyas
genitive	*yaHtáwš	*yaHtuwā́s	*yaHtuHnáHam
locative	*yaHtā́w	*yaHtuwáw	*yaHtúšu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *yaHtúṣ
- Sanskrit: यातु (yātú)
Proto-Iranian: *yaHtúh
- Avestan: 𐬫𐬁𐬙𐬎 (yātu)
- Old Persian: [script needed] (yātu)
  - ⇒ Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (yʾtwk' /⁠ǰādūg⁠/)
    - Tajik: ҷоду (jodu)
    - Persian: جادو (jâdu) (see there for further descendants)
    - → Old Armenian: ջատուկ (ǰatuk)

References

^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 362

[1] Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 362

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