Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Habʰí

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Habʰí

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words 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 *h₂m̥bʰi (“around”).

Preposition

*Habʰí[1]

1. to, against
2. for, on account of

Descendants

• Indo-Aryan: *Habʰí
  • Sanskrit: अभि (abhí)
• Iranian: *Habí
  • Old Avestan: 𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬍‎ (aibī)
    • Younger Avestan: 𐬀𐬌𐬠𐬌‎ (aibi)
  • Khotanese: by- (by-)
  • Old Persian: 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹 (abiy)
  • Sogdian:

    Buddhist: [script needed] (by-)

References

1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “abhí”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University