Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/watsás

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

Noun[edit]

*watsás m[1][2]

  1. yearling calf

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  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 [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag
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