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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/utˢčáH
Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *úds-kʷeh₁, instrumental form of *úds-kʷe, from *úd-s (“out, outward”, genitive) + *-kʷe (“and”).
Adverb
*utˢčáH[1][2]
- above, upwards
Descendants
- Indo-Aryan: *uććáH
- Sanskrit: उच्चा (uccā́)
- Iranian: *usčáH
- Younger Avestan: 𐬎𐬯𐬗𐬀 (usca)
References
- Lipp, Reiner (2009) Die indogermanischen und einzelsprachlichen Palatale im Indoiranischen: Neurekonstruktion, Nuristan-Sprachen, Genese der indoarischen Retroflexe, Indoarisch von Mitanni (Indogermanische Bibliothek; 3) (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Winter
- Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2016), "*utˢtšā", in An Introduction to Old Persian, page 148