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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hā́ps

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 *h₂ṓp-s ~ *h₂óp-s, from *h₂ep-.

Noun

*Hā́ps f[1][2]

  1. water

Derived terms
  • *dwi-Hp-ás (“island”, literally “double-watered”)
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dwiHpás, *dwiHpám
  • *(H)ánu-Hp-ás (“pond”)

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hā́ps, *Hā́pas (nom.pl.)
    • Sanskrit: अप् (áp), आपः (ā́paḥ, nom.pl) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Iranian: *Hā́fš (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Nuristani: *ā́pa (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2017) “Avestan and Old Persian Morphology”, in Kaye, Alan S., editor, Morphologies of Asia and Africa‎, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, page 864
  2. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “áp-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
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