Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/yatás

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

Perfect passive participle of *yam- (“to hold”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yem- (“to take hold, restrain”).

Adjective

*yatás

held, restrained

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *yatás
- Sanskrit: यत (yatá, “restrained”)[1]
  - Pali: yata[2]
  - Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀚𑀬 (jaya)[2]
Proto-Iranian: *yatáh
- Avestan: (𐬀𐬞𐬀-)𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬙𐬀 ((apa-)iiata)[3]

References

Monier Williams (1899) “Proto-Indo-Iranian/yatás”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 845.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yatá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*i̯am”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 211

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[1] Monier Williams (1899) “Proto-Indo-Iranian/yatás”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 845.

[CDIAL-2] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yatá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

[EDIV-3] Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*i̯am”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 211