Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/gatás

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 *gʷm̥tós. Cognate with Proto-Hellenic *gʷətós.

Adjective

*gatás[1]

gone
come

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *gatás
- Sanskrit: गत (gatá, “gone”) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *gatáh (“gone; come”)
- Avestan: 𐬔𐬀𐬙𐬀‎ (gata)
- ⇒ Proto-Iranian: *āgatáh[2]
  - Khotanese: 𑀆𑀢 (āta, “come”)

Verb

*gatás

past passive participle of *Hágant (“to be going, coming”)

References

Lubotsky, Alexander (2017–2018), “Chapter XVII: Indo-Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S.; Joseph, Brian D.; Fritz, Matthias, editor, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The phonology of Proto-Indo-Iranian, page 1876: “PIIr. *gata-”
Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “gam”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[1] Lubotsky, Alexander (2017–2018), “Chapter XVII: Indo-Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S.; Joseph, Brian D.; Fritz, Matthias, editor, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The phonology of Proto-Indo-Iranian, page 1876: “PIIr. *gata-”

[2] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “gam”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University