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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/watsás

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words 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 *wots-ó-s, from *wét-o-s ~ *wét-es-o-s (“year”) + *-ós.[1][2]

Noun

*watsás m [1][2]

  1. yearling calf

Declension
masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *watsás *watsā́ *watsā́, -ā́s(as)
vocative *watsa *watsā́ *watsā́, -ā́s(as)
accusative *watsám *watsā́ *watsā́ns
instrumental *watsā́ *watsáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām *watsā́yš
ablative *watsā́t *watsáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām *watsáybʰyas
dative *watsā́y *watsáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām *watsáybʰyas
genitive *watsásya *watsáyās *watsā́na(H)m
locative *watsáy *watsáyaw *watsáyšu

Descendants
  • Indo-Aryan: *watsás (see there for further descendants)
  • Iranian: *waćáh (see there for further descendants)
  • → Finnic: *vasa[2]

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “vatsá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  2. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001), “vatsá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag
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