Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/pāpás

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

Etymology

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Adjective

*pāpás

1. bad

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *pāpás
  • Sanskrit: पाप (pāpá) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *pāpáh
  • Avestan: 𐬞𐬁𐬞𐬀- (pāpa-) (late Avestan)

References

• Alexander Lubotsky, "The Indo-Iranian substratum" in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European, ed. Carpelan et al., Helsinki (2001).