Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/náyHati

This Proto-Indo-Iranian 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-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *néyHeti, thematic present of *neyH- (“to lead”).

Verb

*náyHati

to lead

Descendants

Indo-Aryan: *náyHati[1]
- Sanskrit: नयति (náyati) (see there for further descendants)
Iranian: *náyHatī[2]
- Younger Avestan: 𐬥𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌‎ (naiieiti)
- Sogdian: [script needed] (n'y'ty, 3sg.subj)
- Old Persian: 𐎠𐎴𐎹 (a-n-y /anaya/, 3sg.impf.ind)
  - Middle Persian:
    Manichaean: [Manichaean needed] (nʾyd, 3sg.pres.ind)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “náyati (6966)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*naiH”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 278

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[1] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “náyati (6966)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

[2] Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*naiH”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 278