Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/-akah

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

Etymology

From *-a- (thematic vowel) +‎ *-kah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos.

Suffix

*-akah

1. Creates deadjectival and desubstantival adjectives denoting the characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.

Derived terms

Category Proto-Iranian words suffixed with *-akah not found

Descendants

• Avestan: -𐬀𐬐𐬀 (-aka), -𐬀𐬐𐬀𐬵 (-akah)
• Ossetian: -ӕг (-æg), (assim. var.) -ӕх (-æx)
• Northern Kurdish: -ik
• Parthian: (/⁠-ag⁠/)

  Manichaean script: -𐫃 (-g)

  Inscriptional Parthian script: [script needed] (-ky)

  • → Old Armenian: -ակ (-ak)
• Old Persian: -𐎣 (-k /⁠-akaʰ⁠/)
  • Middle Persian: (/⁠-ag ~ -ak⁠/)

    Manichaean script: -𐫃 (-g), -𐫐 (-k)

    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (-g), [Book Pahlavi needed] (-k')

    Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭪𐭩 (-ky)

    Psalter Pahlavi script: [Psalter Pahlavi needed] (-k')

    Pazend script: -𐬀 (-a)

    • Classical Persian: ـه (-a)

      Dari: ـه (-a)

      Iranian Persian: ـه (-e)

      Tajik: -а (-a)