Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/watáti

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 *wetéti, from *wet- (“to be familiar with”) + *-éti. Cognate with Middle Irish feithid (“to observe, watch over, wait”).

Verb

*watáti

1. to be familiar with

Derived terms

• *Hápi watáti (“to be familiar with”) (+ *Hápi (“over, across, during; after”))
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hápi watáti
    • Sanskrit: अपि वतेम (ápi vatema, 1pl.opt.act.), अपिवातयन्त (apivātáyanta, ptc.act.), अप्यवीवतन् (ápyavīvatan, 3pl.aor.act.)
  • Proto-Iranian: *Hapiwatáti
    • Younger Avestan: 𐬀𐬞𐬌𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬙𐬀𐬵𐬈 (apiuuatahe, 2sg.pres.med.), 𐬀𐬞𐬌𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬙𐬁𐬌𐬙𐬈 (apiuuatāⁱte, 3sg.pres.subj.med.), 𐬀𐬞𐬌𐬬𐬀𐬊𐬙𐬁𐬝 (apivaotāt̰, 3sg.aor.subj.)

Descendants

• Proto-Iranian: *watáti
  • ⇒ Proto-Iranian: *frawatáti (+ *fra-)
    • Old Avestan: 𐬟𐬭𐬀 𐬬𐬁𐬙𐬇𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬨𐬀𐬵𐬍 (fra vātə̄iiāmahī, “to be familiar with”, 1pl.caus.impv.), 𐬟𐬭𐬀 𐬬𐬁𐬙𐬋𐬌𐬌𐬋𐬙𐬏 (fra vātōiiōtū, 1pl.caus.impv.), 𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬬𐬁𐬙𐬋𐬌𐬌𐬋𐬙і (fravātōiiōtі, 3sg.caus.impv.)
    • Khotanese: [script needed] (hot-, “to be able”)
    • Parthian: (“to understand, know”)

      Manichaean script: 𐫜𐫡𐫇𐫅𐫏𐫅 (frwdyd /⁠frawadid⁠/)

  • ⇒ Proto-Iranian: *hamwatáti (“to hope for, believe”) (+ *ham-)
  • ⇒ Proto-Iranian: *wiwatáti (+ *wi-)
    • Parthian: (“to separate, distinguish”)

      Manichaean script: 𐫇𐫏𐫇𐫅𐫏𐫅 (wywdyd /⁠wiwadid⁠/)