Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/pipáyHa

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 *pe-póyh₂-e ~ *pe-pih₂-ḗr, reduplicated stative of *peyh₂- (“to swell (with milk); to be swollen, fat”).^[1]

Verb

*pipáyHa

to be swollen (with milk)

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *pipáyHa
- Sanskrit: पीपाय (pīpā́ya, “is swollen, bristling”, 3sg.act.) (with analogical lengthening of root vowel in 3sg. after disappearance of laryngeal)
Proto-Iranian: *pipáyHa
- Avestan: 𐬀𐬞𐬌𐬞𐬌𐬌𐬎𐬱𐬍 (apipiiušī, “not lactating; not (breast-)feeding”, neg.ptc.pf.act.f.)

References

^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “1. *peiH-¹”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 464

[1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “1. *peiH-¹”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 464

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