Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/HráHtriH

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂

Proto-Indo-European *-trih₂

Proto-Indo-Iranian *HráHtriH

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁réh₁-trih₂, from the root *h₁reh₁- (“separate, lonely, quiet”). Compare Ancient Greek ἐρωή (erōḗ, “rest”) and Proto-Germanic *rōō (“quiet”).

Noun

*HráHtriH f

1. stillness (of night)
2. night

Inflection

yaH-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*HráHtriH	*HráHtriH	*HráHtriHs
vocative	*HráHtriH	*HráHtriH	*HráHtriHs
accusative	*HráHtriHm	*HráHtriH	*HráHtriHs
instrumental	*HráHtryaH	*HráHtriHbʰyā(m)	*HráHtriHbʰiš
ablative	*HráHtryaHs	*HráHtriHbʰyā(m)	*HráHtriHbʰyas
dative	*HráHtryay	*HráHtriHbʰyā(m)	*HráHtriHbʰyas
genitive	*HráHtryaHs	*HráHtriyās	*HráHtriHnām
locative	*HráHtryaH	*HráHtriyaw	*HráHtriHsu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan:
  • Vedic Sanskrit: रात्री (rā́trī, “night”)
    • Sanskrit: रात्रि॑ (rā́tri) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Nuristani: *r̆ātrī
  • Kamkata-viri:

    ⇒ Northeastern: r̆ador (< *r̆ātr-vār)

    Southeastern: r̆otr

    Western: r̆otr

  • Prasuni:

    Pronz: žeṭ

  • Southern Nuristani:
    • ⇒ Ashkun:

      Sanu: ẓatrẽy

    • Tregami:

      Gambir: ḍẓātr

    • Waigali:

      Nisheigram: vātr