Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wawā́ča

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 *we-wókʷ-e ~ *we-wkʷ-ḗr, reduplicated stative of *wekʷ- (“to speak”).^[1]

Verb

*wawā́ča ~ *wawčṛ́^[2]

to say

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wawā́ća
- Sanskrit: ववाच (vavā́ca), उवाच (uvā́ca)
Proto-Iranian: *wawā́ča
- Avestan:
  Old Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬊𐬑𐬆𐬨𐬁 (vaoxəmā, 1pl.pf.act.)
  
  Younger Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬊𐬗𐬈 (vaoce, 3sg.pf.med.)

References

^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*u̯ek^u̯-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 673-674
^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “vac”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 541

[1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*u̯ek^u̯-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 673-674

[2] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “vac”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 541

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