Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/gadaH

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/gadaH

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

Possibly borrowed from the BMAC substrate.[1]

Noun

gádaH or gadáH f

1. club, mace

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *gádaH
  • Sanskrit: गदा (gadā)
• Proto-Iranian: *gádaH
  • Avestan: 𐬔𐬀𐬜𐬁‎ (gaδā)
  • Middle Persian: [script needed] (gt' /gad/)

References

1. Lubotsky, Alexander (1999), “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations‎, Helsinki