Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Há-
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This Proto-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-Iranian
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Há-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁é (“and then”).
Prefix
*Há-
- the augment, an inseparable prefix used to form the past tense
Descendants
- Avestan: 𐬀- (a-) (only in some vowel-initial words)
- Old Persian: 𐎠 (a /a-/)
- Sogdian: (ʾ /-ā-/), (/ī/) (contracted from (/-ya-/))
- Yagnobi: а- (a-)
References
- ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014) Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 179: “urar. *a-”