𐬬𐬀𐬗𐬀𐬵

Avestan

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *wáčah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáčas, from Proto-Indo-European *wékʷ-o-s, from *wekʷ- (“to speak”). Cognate with Sanskrit वचस् (vácas).

Noun

𐬬𐬀𐬗𐬀𐬵 • (vacah) n

  1. word

References
  • Martínez García, Javier; de Vaan, Michiel (2014) Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages; 1), Brill, →ISBN
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