Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/watáti

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 *wetéti, from *wet- (“to be familiar with”) + *-éti.[1][2][3] Cognate with Middle Irish feithid (“to observe, watch over, wait”).

Verb

*watáti[3][4]

to be familiar with

Derived terms

*Hápi watáti (“to be familiar with”) (+ *Hápi (“over, across, during; after”))
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hápi watáti
  - Sanskrit: अपि वतेम (ápi vatema, 1pl.opt.act.), अपिवातयन्त (apivātáyanta, ptc.act.), अप्यवीवतन् (ápyavīvatan, 3pl.aor.act.)
- Proto-Iranian: *Hapiwatáti
  - Younger Avestan: 𐬀𐬞𐬌𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬙𐬀𐬵𐬈‎ (apiuuatahe, 2sg.pres.med.), 𐬀𐬞𐬌𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬙𐬁𐬌𐬙𐬈‎ (apiuuatāⁱte, 3sg.pres.subj.med.), 𐬀𐬞𐬌𐬬𐬀𐬊𐬙𐬁𐬝‎ (apivaotāt̰, 3sg.aor.subj.)

Descendants

Proto-Iranian: *watáti
- ⇒ Proto-Iranian: *frawatáti (+ *fra-)
  - Old Avestan: 𐬟𐬭𐬀 𐬬𐬁𐬙𐬇𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬨𐬀𐬵𐬍‎ (fra vātə̄iiāmahī, “to be familiar with”, 1pl.caus.impv.), 𐬟𐬭𐬀 𐬬𐬁𐬙𐬋𐬌𐬌𐬋𐬙𐬏‎ (fra vātōiiōtū, 1pl.caus.impv.), 𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬬𐬁𐬙𐬋𐬌𐬌𐬋𐬙і‎ (fravātōiiōtі, 3sg.caus.impv.)
  - Khotanese: [script needed] (hot-, “to be able”)
  - Parthian: (“to understand, know”)
    Manichaean: 𐫜𐫡𐫇𐫅𐫏𐫅‎ (frwdyd /frawadid/)
- ⇒ Proto-Iranian: *hamwatáti (“to hope for, believe”) (+ *ham-)
- ⇒ Proto-Iranian: *wiwatáti (+ *wi-)
  - Parthian: (“to separate, distinguish”)
    Manichaean: 𐫇𐫏𐫇𐫅𐫏𐫅‎ (wywdyd /wiwadid/)

References

Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*u̯at-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001), “vat”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 494-495
Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*u̯at”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 428-429
Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “vat”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*u̯at-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN

[2] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001), “vat”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 494-495

[EDIV-3] Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*u̯at”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 428-429

[4] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “vat”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University