< Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian
Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ákas
Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
Perhaps from the BMAC substrate.[1]
Adjective
*ákas
- bad
Descendants
- Indo-Aryan: *ákas
- ⇒ Sanskrit: अक n (áka, “pain”, noun)
- Iranian: *ákah
- Avestan: 𐬀𐬐𐬀 (aka)
References
- Lubotsky, Alexander (1999), “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations, Helsinki, page 8