< Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian
Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/waćáH
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Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *woḱéh₂. Cognate with Proto-Italic *wokā (whence Latin vacca) if indeed of Indo-European origin.
Noun
*waćáH f[1]
- young cow
Declension
| aH-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *waćáH | *waćáy | *waćā́s |
| vocative | *waćay | *waćáy | *waćā́s |
| accusative | *waćā́m | *waćáy | *waćā́s |
| instrumental | *waćáyaH́ | *waćáHbʰyā(m) | *waćáHbʰiš |
| ablative | *waćáyaHs | *waćáHbʰyā(m) | *waćáHbʰyas |
| dative | *waćáyaHy | *waćáHbʰyā(m) | *waćáHbʰyas |
| genitive | *waćáyaHs | *waćāyās | *waćáHnām |
| locative | *waćáyaH(m) | *waćāyaw | *waćáHsu |
Descendants
- Indo-Aryan: *waśáH
- Sanskrit: वशा (vaśā́)
References
- Kümmel, Martin Joachim, “Agricultural terms in Indo-Iranian”, in Language Dispersal Beyond Farming, Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2017, page 277