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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Habʰí

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 *h₂m̥bʰi (“around”).

Preposition

*Habʰí[1]

  1. to, against
  2. for, on account of

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Habʰí
  • Proto-Iranian: *Habí

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “abhí”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
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