< Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian
Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Há-
Proto-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Há-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁é (“and then”).
Prefix
*Há-
- the augment, an inseparable prefix used to form the past tense
Descendants
- Avestan: 𐬀 (a-) (only in some vowel-initial words)
- Old Persian: 𐎠 (a-)
- Sogdian: [script needed] (ʾ /-ā-/), [Term?] (/ī/) (contracted from [Term?] (/-ya-/))
- Yagnobi: а-