Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wábžʰas

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 *wóbʰsos.

Noun

*wábžʰas[1]

  1. wasp

Inflection

masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wábžʰas *wábžʰā(w) *wábžʰās(as)
vocative *wábžʰa *wábžʰā(w) *wábžʰās(as)
accusative *wábžʰam *wábžʰā(w) *wábžʰāns
instrumental *wábžʰaH *wábžʰaybʰyā(m) *wábžʰāyš
ablative *wábžʰāt *wábžʰaybʰyā(m) *wábžʰaybʰyas
dative *wábžʰāy *wábžʰaybʰyā(m) *wábžʰaybʰyas
genitive *wábžʰasya *wábžʰayās *wábžʰānaHam
locative *wábžʰay *wábžʰayaw *wábžʰayšu

Descendants

  • Proto-Iranian: *wábžah (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Nuristani: *waspī́ka (metathesized < *waspikáH < *wapsikáH[1])
    • Northern Nuristani: *wəšpíə, *wəšpíkə
      • Kamkata-viri:
        Kamviri: ušpík
        Kativiri: ušpí
    • Southern Nuristani: *wəšpī́kə
      • Ashkun: šipī́k
      • Waigali: višpik

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lipp, Reiner (2009) Die indogermanischen und einzelsprachlichen Palatale im Indoiranischen: Neurekonstruktion, Nuristan-Sprachen, Genese der indoarischen Retroflexe, Indoarisch von Mitanni (Indogermanische Bibliothek; 3) (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Winter, page 166
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