Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Haȷ́ás

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 *h₂éǵ-o-s, from *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”) +‎ *-os (deverbal suffix). Cognate with Lithuanian ožỹs. An alternative reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-European root is *h₂eyǵ-.

Noun

*Haȷ́ás m

goat

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Haȷ́as	*Haȷ́ā	*Haȷ́ā, -ās(as)
vocative	*Haȷ́a	*Haȷ́ā	*Haȷ́ā, -ās(as)
accusative	*Haȷ́am	*Haȷ́ā	*Haȷ́āns
instrumental	*Haȷ́ā	*Haȷ́aybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*Haȷ́āyš
ablative	*Haȷ́āt	*Haȷ́aybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*Haȷ́aybʰyas
dative	*Haȷ́āy	*Haȷ́aybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*Haȷ́aybʰyas
genitive	*Haȷ́asya	*Haȷ́ayās	*Haȷ́āna(H)m
locative	*Haȷ́ay	*Haȷ́ayaw	*Haȷ́ayšu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Haȷ́ás
- Sanskrit: अज (ajá)
  - Pali: aja
  - Sauraseni Prakrit: (aya), (ayā)
Proto-Iranian: *Hajáh (see there for further descendants)

References

Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN