Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/pančaHćát

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/pančaHćát

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 *penkʷeh₁ḱḿ̥t (“fifty”).

Numeral

*pančaHćát[1]

1. fifty

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *panćaHśát
  • Sanskrit: पञ्चाशत् (pañcāśát) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *pančaHcát
  • Avestan: 𐬞𐬀𐬧𐬗𐬁𐬯𐬀𐬙‎ (paṇcāsat)
  • Khotanese: [script needed] (paṃjsāsä)
  • Middle Persian: [script needed] (pncʾh /panjāh/)
    • Persian: پنجاه‎ (panjâh)

References

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