Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/a-

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 forms

• *an- (before vowels)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *n̥-.

Prefix

*a-

1. un-, a-

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *a-
  • Sanskrit: अ- (a-) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *a-, *an-
  • Avestan: 𐬀 (a)
  • Old Persian: 𐎠 (a)
    • Middle Persian: (/⁠a-⁠/)

      Manichaean script: 𐫀 (ʾ)

      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾ)