Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/átta

This Proto-Indo-European 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-European

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Alternative reconstructions

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Etymology

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Likely a Lallwort, compare Proto-Turkic *ata, Proto-Uralic *attɜ, Proto-Eskimo *ata-ata.

Noun

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*átta m

  1. father
    Synonyms: *ph₂tḗr, *tata-

Hypernyms

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Descendants

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  • Proto-Albanian: *ata
  • Proto-Anatolian:
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *áta
  • Proto-Celtic: *attyos
    • Old Irish: aite (foster father, teacher, tutor)
  • Proto-Germanic: *attô (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *átta
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *át(t)a
    • Proto-Iranian: *át(t)a
      • Ossetian: ӕда (æda, grandfather)
      • Tajik: ота (ota, father)
    • Sanskrit:
      • >? Assamese: (dialectal) আতা (ata, grandfather)
  • Proto-Italic: *atta, *attā
    • Latin: atta (see there for further descendants)