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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]

  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. 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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