Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hyás

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 *Hyós.

Pronoun edit

*Hyás

that, who, which (relative pronoun)

Descendants edit

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hyás
- Sanskrit: यद् (yád), यः (yáḥ, masc.nom.sg.)^[1]
  - Sauraseni Prakrit: [script needed] (jo, masc.nom.sg.)
    - Hindi: जो (jo)
    - Punjabi: ਜੋ (jo)
Proto-Iranian: *Hyáh
- Avestan: 𐬫𐬋 (yō)
- Northern Kurdish: yê, ê, -yê, -ê, ya, a, -ya, -a
- Middle Persian: Y (ī)
  - Persian: ی (ezafe particle)

References edit

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

[1] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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