Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ȷ́ʰyás

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 *dʰǵʰyés (“yesterday”).

Adverb

*ȷ́ʰyás[1]

yesterday

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *źʰyás
- Sanskrit: ह्यस् (hyás) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *jyáh
- Central Iranian:
  - Avestan: 𐬰𐬫𐬋 (zyō)
- Southwestern Iranian:
  - Old Persian: 𐎮𐎹𐎣 (di-ya-ka /⁠diyaka⁠/)
    - Middle Persian:
      - Persian: دی (di)

References

Lipp, Reiner (2009) Die indogermanischen und einzelsprachlichen Palatale im Indoiranischen: Neurekonstruktion, Nuristan-Sprachen, Genese der indoarischen Retroflexe, Indoarisch von Mitanni (Indogermanische Bibliothek; 3) (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Winter, page 347: “urindoiran. *ǰʰ(i)i̯ás”

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[1] Lipp, Reiner (2009) Die indogermanischen und einzelsprachlichen Palatale im Indoiranischen: Neurekonstruktion, Nuristan-Sprachen, Genese der indoarischen Retroflexe, Indoarisch von Mitanni (Indogermanische Bibliothek; 3) (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Winter, page 347: “urindoiran. *ǰʰ(i)i̯ás”