Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/yaHtúš

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 *yeh₁- (“do, make, act vigorously”).[1]

Noun

*yaHtúš m

sorcery, witchcraft, black-magic

Descendants

Indo-Aryan: *yātús
- Sanskrit: यातु (yātú)
Iranian: *yātuh
- Avestan: 𐬫𐬁𐬙𐬎‎ (yātu)
- Old Persian: [script needed] (yātu)
  - Middle Persian: [script needed] (ǰādūg)
    - Tajik: ҷоду (jodu)
    - Persian: جادو‎ (jâdu)
      - → Baluchi: جادو‎
      - → Hindi: जादू (jādū)
        → English: jadoo
      - → Turkish: cadı

References

Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997) Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 362

[1] Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997) Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 362