Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hyaȷ́atás

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 *h₁yaǵetós, from *h₁yaǵ- (“to sacrifice, worship”). Cognate with Latin iēiūnus (“fasting, abstinent”)).

Noun

*Hyaȷ́atás m (religion)

1. worshiped
2. god

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Hyaȷ́atas	*Hyaȷ́atā	*Hyaȷ́atā, -ās(as)
vocative	*Hyaȷ́ata	*Hyaȷ́atā	*Hyaȷ́atā, -ās(as)
accusative	*Hyaȷ́atam	*Hyaȷ́atā	*Hyaȷ́atāns
instrumental	*Hyaȷ́atā	*Hyaȷ́ataybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*Hyaȷ́atāyš
ablative	*Hyaȷ́atāt	*Hyaȷ́ataybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*Hyaȷ́ataybʰyas
dative	*Hyaȷ́atāy	*Hyaȷ́ataybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*Hyaȷ́ataybʰyas
genitive	*Hyaȷ́atasya	*Hyaȷ́atayās	*Hyaȷ́atāna(H)m
locative	*Hyaȷ́atay	*Hyaȷ́atayaw	*Hyaȷ́atayšu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hyaȷ́atás
  • Sanskrit: यजत (yajatá)
• Proto-Iranian: *Hyajatáh (see there for further descendants)

Related terms

• *Hyáȷ́ati

Further reading

• R. Schmitt (2011) “Aryans”, in Encyclopedia Iranica Online