Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/waćáH

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

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Etymology

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Probably from Proto-Indo-European *woḱéh₂. Cognate with Proto-Italic *wokā (whence Latin vacca) if indeed of Indo-European origin.

Noun

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*waćáH f[1]

  1. young cow

Declension

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aH-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *waćáH *waćáy *waćā́s
vocative *waćay *waćáy *waćā́s
accusative *waćā́m *waćáy *waćā́s
instrumental *waćáyaH́ *waćáHbʰyā(m) *waćáHbʰiš
ablative *waćáyaHs *waćáHbʰyā(m) *waćáHbʰyas
dative *waćáyaHy *waćáHbʰyā(m) *waćáHbʰyas
genitive *waćáyaHs *waćāyās *waćáHnām
locative *waćáyaH(m) *waćāyaw *waćáHsu

Descendants

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  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *waśáH

References

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  1. ^ Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2017) “Agricultural terms in Indo-Iranian”, in Language Dispersal Beyond Farming[1], Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 277