Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Há-

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

Alternative reconstructions

*á-^[1]

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁é-.

Prefix

*Há-

the augment, an inseparable prefix used to form the past tense

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Há-
- Sanskrit: अ- (á-)
  - Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: अ- (a-)
  - Pali: a-
Proto-Iranian: *Há-
- Avestan: 𐬀- (a-) (only in some vowel-initial words)
- Old Persian: 𐎠 (a /⁠a-⁠/)
- Sogdian: [script needed] (ʾ /⁠-ā-⁠/), [Term?] (/⁠ī⁠/) (contracted from [Term?] (/⁠-ya-⁠/))
- Yaghnobi: а- (a-)

References

^ Dunkel, George E. (2014), Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 179

[1] Dunkel, George E. (2014), Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 179

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