Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/watsás

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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]

    1. 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. 1.0 1.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “vatsá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
    2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “vatsá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag