Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/hamwátati

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

From *ham- +‎ *wátati (“to be familiar with”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wátati.^[1]^[2]

Verb

*hamwátati^[1]

to hope for, believe

Inflection

Root thematic present
Sing.	3rd	*hamwátati
Plur.	3rd	*hamwátanti
Active voice
		Indicative	Imperfect	Imperative	Subjunctive	Optative
Sing.	1st	*hamwátaH(mi)	*hamwátam	—	*hamwátaH(ni)	*hamwátayam
	2nd	*hamwátahi	*hamwátah	*hamwáta	*hamwátaHah(i)	*hamwátayš
	3rd	*hamwátati	*hamwátat	*hamwátatu	*hamwátaHat(i)	*hamwátayt
Dual	1st	?	?	—	?	?
	2nd	*hamwátaθHah	?	*hamwátaθHam	?	?
	3rd	*hamwátatah	*hamwátatam	*hamwátatām	*hamwátaHtah	?
Plur.	1st	*hamwátāmah(i)	*hamwátāma	—	*hamwátaHama	*hamwátayma
	2nd	*hamwátaθHa	*hamwátata	*hamwátata	*hamwátaHθaHa	*hamwátayta
	3rd	*hamwátanti	*hamwátantu	*hamwátantu	*hamwátaHant(i)	*hamwátayant
Participle		*hamwátāh
Mediopassive voice
		Indicative	Imperfect	Imperative	Subjunctive	Optative
Sing.	1st	*hamwátay	*hamwátay	—	*hamwátaHi	*hamwátaya
	2nd	*hamwátahay	*hamwátaha	*hamwátahwa	*hamwátaHahay	*hamwátayša
	3rd	*hamwátatay	*hamwátata	*hamwátatām	*hamwátaHatay	*hamwátayta
Dual	1st	?	?	—	?	?
	2nd	*hamwátayθHay	?	?	?	?
	3rd	*hamwátaytay	*hamwátaytam	?	?	*hamwátayātam
Plur.	1st	*hamwátāmaday	*hamwátāmadi	—	*hamwátaHāmaday	*hamwátaymadi
	2nd	*hamwátadway	*hamwátadwam	*hamwátaydwam	*hamwátaHadway	*hamwátaydwam
	3rd	hamwátantay, -aray	*hamwátanta	*hamwátantām	hamwátaHantay, -aHaram	*hamwátayanta
Participle		*hamwátaHnah

Derived terms

*hamwástah (“believer, having believed”)
- Parthian:
  Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫖𐫇𐫘𐫤 (ʾmwst /⁠amwast⁠/)
- Middle Persian:
  Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫖𐫇𐫘𐫤𐫀𐫗 pl (ʾmwstʾn /⁠amwastān⁠/)
*hamwátaH^[3]
- Pashto:
  Afridi: اَولا (awla, “wish, desire”)
*hamwátiš (“hope, expection, belief”)

Descendants

Parthian: (“to believe”)
Manichaean script: 𐫍𐫖𐫇𐫅𐫏𐫅 (hmwdyd /⁠hamwadid⁠/)
Sogdian: (“to hope for”, 2sg.pres.impv.)
Syriac script: ܐܘܬ (ʾwt /⁠āwat⁠/)
>? Ossetian: (“to (en)trust, believe”) (3pl.pres.ind.?)
Digor Ossetian: ӕууӕндун (æwwændun)

Iron Ossetian: ӕууӕндын (æwwændyn)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*u̯at”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 428-429
^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “vat”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
^ Morgenstierne, Georg (2003), J. Elfenbein, David Neil MacKenzie, Nicholas Sims-Williams, editors, A New Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Weisbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN

[EDIV-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*u̯at”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 428-429

[2] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “vat”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[3] Morgenstierne, Georg (2003), J. Elfenbein, David Neil MacKenzie, Nicholas Sims-Williams, editors, A New Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Weisbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN

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