Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/watsás

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 *wots-ó-s, from *wét-o-s ~ *wét-es-o-s (“year”) + *-ós.^[1]^[2]

Noun

*watsás m^[1]^[2]

yearling calf

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*watsás	*watsā́	*watsā́, -ā́s(as)
vocative	*watsa	*watsā́	*watsā́, -ā́s(as)
accusative	*watsám	*watsā́	*watsā́ns
instrumental	*watsā́	*watsáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*watsā́yš
ablative	*watsā́t	*watsáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*watsáybʰyas
dative	*watsā́y	*watsáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*watsáybʰyas
genitive	*watsásya	*watsáyās	*watsā́na(H)m
locative	*watsáy	*watsáyaw	*watsáyšu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *watsás
- Sanskrit: वत्स (vatsá) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *wacáh (see there for further descendants)
→ Proto-Finnic: *vasa^[2]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “vatsá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “vatsá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag

[IAIL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “vatsá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[EWAia-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “vatsá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag

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