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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/
ákas
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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.
Contents
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Proto-Indo-Iranian
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Adjective
1.2.1
Descendants
1.3
References
Proto-Indo-Iranian
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Etymology
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Perhaps from
the BMAC substrate
.
[1]
Adjective
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*ákas
bad
Descendants
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Proto-Indo-Aryan:
*ákas
⇒
Sanskrit:
अक
n
(
áka
,
“
pain
”
,
noun
)
Proto-Iranian:
*ákah
Avestan:
𐬀𐬐𐬀
(
aka
)
References
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^
Lubotsky, Alexander (
1999
) “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in
Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations
[1]
, Helsinki, page 8