Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Háwǰʰati

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 *h₁éwgʰ-e-ti, from *h₁ewgʰ-, metathesized form of *h₁wegʷʰ- (“to promise; to praise”).

Verb

*Háwǰʰati

to say

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Háwźʰati
- Sanskrit: ओहते (óhate) (< *Háwźʰatay)
Proto-Iranian: *Háwǰatī
- Avestan: 𐬀𐬊𐬔𐬆𐬛𐬁‎ (aogədā, “speak”)

References

Martínez García, Javier; de Vaan, Michiel (2014) Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages; 1)‎, Brill, →ISBN, page 28