Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Há-

This Proto-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-Iranian

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Há-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁é (“and then”).

Prefix

*Há-

  1. the augment, an inseparable prefix used to form the past tense

Descendants

  • Avestan: 𐬀- (a-) (only in some vowel-initial words)
  • Old Persian: 𐎠 (a /⁠a-⁠/)
  • Sogdian: [script needed] (ʾ /⁠-ā-⁠/), [Term?] (/⁠ī⁠/) (contracted from [Term?] (/⁠-ya-⁠/))
  • Yagnobi: а- (a-)

References

  1. ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014) Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 179: “urar. *a-”
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