Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/átta

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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-European

Noun

*átta m

father
Synonym: *ph₂tḗr

Descendants

Albanian:
- Albanian: atë (attest. 1462, Skanderbeg's counselor)
Anatolian:
- Hittite: 𒀜𒋫𒀸 (attas)
- Lydian: 𐤠𐤯𐤠 (ata-)
Balto-Slavic:
- Slavic: *otъ
  - ⇒ Slavic: *otьcь (+ *-ьcь) (see there for further descendants)
Celtic: *attyos
- Old Irish: aite (“foster father, teacher, tutor”)
  - Irish: oide (“godfather, teacher, coach”)
  - Scottish Gaelic: oide (“guardian, foster father; stepfather; godfather; teacher”)
Germanic: *attô (see there for further descendants)
Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: ἄττα (átta)
Indo-Iranian: *át(t)a
- Indo-Iranian: *át(t)a
  - Ossetian: ӕда (æda, “grandfather”)
Italic: *atta
- Latin: atta

References

*ʔVṭV, Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

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