Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/andʰás

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Proto-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

Unknown; perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂endʰ-ó-s, from *h₂endʰ- +‎ *-ós. Possible cognate with Latin andābata, andobatta (“gladiator fighting in a helmet without openings”), presumably from Gaulish *andos, *andā (“blind”) + *batā (“fighter”).[1]. Or, possibly, from the BMAC substrate.

Adjective

*(H)andʰás[1][2][3]

  1. blind

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *andʰás
    • Sanskrit: अन्ध (andhá, “blind, dark”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Iranian: *andáh

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “andʰá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  2. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (1999) “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations‎, Helsinki, page 11
  3. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) “*anda-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 165
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