Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/hamwatáti

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

From *ham- +‎ *watáti (“to be familiar with”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *watáti.^[1]^[2]

Verb

*hamwatáti^[1]

to hope for, believe

Derived terms

*hamwástah (“believer, having believed”)
- Parthian:
  Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫖𐫇𐫘𐫤 (ʾmwst /⁠amwast⁠/)
- Middle Persian:
  Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫖𐫇𐫘𐫤𐫀𐫗 pl (ʾmwstʾn /⁠amwastān⁠/)
*hamwátaH^[3]
- Pashto:
  Afridi: اَولا (awla, “wish, desire”)
*hamwátiš (“hope, expection, belief”)

Descendants

Parthian: (“to believe”)
Manichaean script: 𐫍𐫖𐫇𐫅𐫏𐫅 (hmwdyd /⁠hamwadid⁠/)
Sogdian: (“to hope for”, 2sg.pres.impv.)
Syriac script: ܐܘܬ (ʾwt /⁠āwat⁠/)
>? Ossetian: (“to (en)trust, believe”) (3pl.pres.ind.?)
Digor Ossetian: ӕууӕндун (æwwændun)

Iron Ossetian: ӕууӕндын (æwwændyn)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*u̯at”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 428-429
^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “vat”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
^ Morgenstierne, Georg (2003) Elfenbein, J., MacKenzie, D. N., Sims-Williams, Nicholas, editors, A New Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Weisbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN

[EDIV-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*u̯at”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 428-429

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

[3] Morgenstierne, Georg (2003) Elfenbein, J., MacKenzie, D. N., Sims-Williams, Nicholas, editors, A New Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Weisbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN

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