Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/utˢčáH

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 *úds-kʷeh₁, instrumental form of *úds-kʷe, from *úd-s (“out, outward”, genitive) +‎ *-kʷe (“and”). Cognate with Latin ūsque.

Adverb

*utˢčáH^[1]^[2]

above, upwards

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *uććáH
- Sanskrit: उच्चा (uccā́)
Proto-Iranian: *usčáH
- Younger Avestan: 𐬎𐬯𐬗𐬀 (usca)

References

^ Lipp, Reiner (2009) Die indogermanischen und einzelsprachlichen Palatale im Indoiranischen: Neurekonstruktion, Nuristan-Sprachen, Genese der indoarischen Retroflexe, Indoarisch von Mitanni (Indogermanische Bibliothek; 3) (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Winter
^ Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2016), "*utˢtšā", in An Introduction to Old Persian, page 148

[1] Lipp, Reiner (2009) Die indogermanischen und einzelsprachlichen Palatale im Indoiranischen: Neurekonstruktion, Nuristan-Sprachen, Genese der indoarischen Retroflexe, Indoarisch von Mitanni (Indogermanische Bibliothek; 3) (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Winter

[2] Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2016), "*utˢtšā", in An Introduction to Old Persian, page 148

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