Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/yatás

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

Perfect passive participle of *yam- (“to hold”).

Adjective

*yatás

held, restrained

Descendants

Indo-Aryan: *yatás
- Sanskrit: यत (yatá, “restrained”)[1]
  - Pali: yata[2]
  - Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀚𑀬 (jaya)[2]
Iranian: *yatáh
- Avestan: (𐬀𐬞𐬀-)𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬙𐬀‎ ((apa-)iiata)[3]

References

Monier Williams (1899), “Proto-Indo-Iranian/yatás”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 845.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “yatá (601)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*i̯am”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 211

[1] Monier Williams (1899), “Proto-Indo-Iranian/yatás”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 845.

[CDIAL-2] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “yatá (601)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

[EDIV-3] Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*i̯am”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 211