Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ǰátu

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This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *gʷét-u ~ *gʷt-éw-s.[1]

Noun

*ǰátu n[1]

  1. gum

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ȷ́átu
  • Proto-Iranian: *ǰátu
    • Southeastern Iranian:
    • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Southwestern Iranian:
      • Bakhtiari: (zeδī)
      • Southern Luri: (zehī)
      • Kermanic: (zay), (zatūk) (Abyaneh)
    • Proto-Iranian: *Hanguǰatu (asafoetida) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “jatu-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University