Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hákart

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

Alternative forms

• *Háčart

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁é-kʷer-t ~ *h₁é-kʷr-ent, from *h₁é +‎ *kʷer- (“to do, make”) +‎ *-t (root aorist verb suffix).

Verb

*Hákart ~ *Hákrant (perfective)

1. to do, make

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hákart
  • Sanskrit: अकर् (ákar), अक्रन् (ákran)
• Proto-Iranian: *Hákart, *Háčart
  • Central Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬗𐬋𐬭𐬆𐬝 (cōr^ət̰, 3sg.aor.act.inj.)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Ossetian: кӕнын (kænyn), конд (kond)
  • Southeastern Iranian:
    • Pashto: کول (kawël, krël)
  • Northwestern Iranian: (< *kr̥-ta-)
    • Baluchi: [script needed] (kan-, ku(r)t-)
    • Kurdish:

      Northern Kurdish: kirin

    • Zazaki: kerden, kerd
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Old Persian: 𐎠𐎤𐎢𐎫𐎠 (a-ku-u-t-a /⁠akutā⁠/, 3sg.aor.med.ind.)
      • Middle Persian: (/kard/)

        Manichaean script: 𐫐𐫏𐫡𐫅 (kyrd)

        Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (krt')

        • Persian: کردن (kardan, “to make, to do”)