Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/náyHati

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *néyHeti, thematic present of *neyH- (to lead).

Verb[edit]

*náyHati

  1. to lead

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *náyHati[1]
    • Sanskrit: नयति (náyati) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Iranian: *náyHatī[2]
    • Younger Avestan: 𐬥𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (naiieiti)
    • Sogdian: [script needed] (n'y'ty, 3sg.subj)
    • Old Persian: 𐎠𐎴𐎹 (a-n-y /⁠anaya⁠/, 3sg.impf.ind)
      • Middle Persian:
        Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (nʾyd, 3sg.pres.ind)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “náyati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  2. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*naiH”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 278