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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wábžʰas

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *wóbʰsos.

Noun

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*wábžʰas[1]

  1. wasp

Descendants

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  • Proto-Iranian: *wábžah (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Nuristani: *waspī́ka (metathesized < *waspikáH < *wapsikáH[1])
    • Northern Nuristani: *wəšpíə, *wəšpíkə
    • Southern Nuristani: *wəšpī́kə

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 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, page 166