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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/yaHtúš

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 *yeh₁- (“do, make, act vigorously”).[1]

Noun

*yaHtúš m

  1. sorcery, witchcraft, black-magic

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *yaHtúṣ
  • Proto-Iranian: *yaHtúh
    • Avestan: 𐬫𐬁𐬙𐬎 (yātu)
    • Old Persian: [script needed] (yātu)
      • ⇒ Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (yʾtwk' /⁠ǰādūg⁠/)
        • Tajik: ҷоду (jodu)
        • Persian: جادو (jâdu) (see there for further descendants)
        • → Old Armenian: ջատուկ (ǰatuk)

References
  1. Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 362
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