Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hákart

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

Alternative forms

*Háčart

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁é-kʷer-t ~ *h₁é-kʷr-ent, from *h₁é +‎ *kʷer- (“to do, make”) +‎ *-t (root aorist verb suffix).

Verb

*Hákart ~ *Hákrant (perfective)

to do, make

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hákart
- Sanskrit: अकर् (ákar), अक्रन् (ákran)
Proto-Iranian: *Hákart, *Háčart
- Central Iranian:
  - Avestan: 𐬗𐬋𐬭𐬆𐬝 (cōr^ət̰, 3sg.aor.act.inj.)
- Northeastern Iranian:
  - Ossetian: кӕнын (kænyn), конд (kond)
- Southeastern Iranian:
  - Pashto: کول (kawël, krël)
- Northwestern Iranian: (< *kr̥-ta-)
  - Baluchi: (kan-, ku(r)t-)
  - Kurdish:
    Northern Kurdish: kirin
  - Zazaki: kerden, kerd
- Southwestern Iranian:
  - Old Persian: 𐎠𐎤𐎢𐎫𐎠 (a-ku-u-t-a /⁠akutā⁠/, 3sg.aor.med.ind.)
    - Middle Persian: (/kard/)
      Manichaean script: 𐫐𐫏𐫡𐫅 (kyrd)
      
      Book Pahlavi script: (krt')
      - Persian: کردن (kardan, “to make, to do”)

References

^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*kar”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 236–238

[1] Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*kar”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 236–238