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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/watsás
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Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wots-ó-s, from *wét-o-s ~ *wét-es-o-s (“year”) + *-ós.[1][2]
Noun
*watsás m[1][2]
- yearling calf
Declension
| masculine a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *watsás | *watsā́ | *watsā́, -ā́s(as) |
| vocative | *watsa | *watsā́ | *watsā́, -ā́s(as) |
| accusative | *watsám | *watsā́ | *watsā́ns |
| instrumental | *watsā́ | *watsáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām | *watsā́yš |
| ablative | *watsā́t | *watsáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām | *watsáybʰyas |
| dative | *watsā́y | *watsáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām | *watsáybʰyas |
| genitive | *watsásya | *watsáyās | *watsā́na(H)m |
| locative | *watsáy | *watsáyaw | *watsáyšu |
Descendants
- Indo-Aryan: *watsás (see there for further descendants)
- Iranian: *waćáh (see there for further descendants)
- → Finnic: *vasa[2]
References
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “vatsá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001), “vatsá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag