Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hyaȷ́atás

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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵetós, from *h₁yaǵ- (to sacrifice, worship). Cognate with Latin iēiūnus (fasting, abstinent)).

Noun

*Hyaȷ́atás m[1] (religion)

  1. worshiped
  2. god

Declension

masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *Hyaȷ́atás *Hyaȷ́atā́(w) *Hyaȷ́atā́s(as)
vocative *Hyaȷ́ata *Hyaȷ́atā(w) *Hyaȷ́atās(as)
accusative *Hyaȷ́atám *Hyaȷ́atā́(w) *Hyaȷ́atā́ns
instrumental *Hyaȷ́atáH *Hyaȷ́atáybʰyā(m) *Hyaȷ́atā́yš
ablative *Hyaȷ́atā́t *Hyaȷ́atáybʰyā(m) *Hyaȷ́atáybʰyas
dative *Hyaȷ́atā́y *Hyaȷ́atáybʰyā(m) *Hyaȷ́atáybʰyas
genitive *Hyaȷ́atásya *Hyaȷ́atáyās *Hyaȷ́atā́naHam
locative *Hyaȷ́atáy *Hyaȷ́atáyaw *Hyaȷ́atáyšu

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hyaȷ́atás
  • Proto-Iranian: *Hyajatáh (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

Further reading

  • R. Schmitt (2011) “Aryans”, in Encyclopedia Iranica Online