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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/spáćš

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 *spéḱs (“watcher, spy”).

Noun

*spáćš m

  1. watcher
  2. spy

Descendants
  • Indo-Aryan: *spáṭṣ
  • Iranian: *spáš
    • Avestan: 𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬯‎ (spas) (𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬱‎ (spaš, nom. sg))

References
  • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “paś-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  • Martínez García, Javier; de Vaan, Michiel (2014) Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages; 1), Brill, →ISBN
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