Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/-ča

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 earlier *-kʲe, from Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe.

Suffix

*-ča

and
*Háwiš Háĉwāsča ― the sheep and the horses

Descendants

Indo-Aryan: *-ća
- Sanskrit: -च (-ca)
Iranian: *-ča
- Avestan: -𐬗𐬀‎ (-ca)
- Kurdish: jî (“also, too”)
- Old Persian: -𐎨𐎠 (-c-a /-cā/)