Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Haȷ́ʰíH

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 *h₂eǵʰ- (“cow”).

Noun

*Haȷ́ʰíH f

1. heifer, cow

Inflection

yaH-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Haȷ́ʰiH	*Haȷ́ʰiH	*Haȷ́ʰiHs
vocative	*Haȷ́ʰiH	*Haȷ́ʰiH	*Haȷ́ʰiHs
accusative	*Haȷ́ʰiHm	*Haȷ́ʰiH	*Haȷ́ʰiHs
instrumental	*Haȷ́ʰyaH	*Haȷ́ʰiHbʰyā(m)	*Haȷ́ʰiHbʰiš
ablative	*Haȷ́ʰyaHs	*Haȷ́ʰiHbʰyā(m)	*Haȷ́ʰiHbʰyas
dative	*Haȷ́ʰyay	*Haȷ́ʰiHbʰyā(m)	*Haȷ́ʰiHbʰyas
genitive	*Haȷ́ʰyaHs	*Haȷ́ʰiyās	*Haȷ́ʰiHnām
locative	*Haȷ́ʰyaH	*Haȷ́ʰiyaw	*Haȷ́ʰiHsu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *HaźʰíH
  • Sanskrit: अही (ahī́)
• Proto-Iranian: *HajíH
  • Avestan: 𐬀𐬰𐬍 (azī)

References

• Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2017) “Agricultural terms in Indo-Iranian”, in Language Dispersal Beyond Farming‎^[1], Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 277