N. hast n. “axe-stroke”

N. hast, n. “axe-stroke”

Reference ✧ Ety/SYAD ✧ “axe-stroke”

Element In

• N. hasta- “to hack through” ✧ Ety/SYAD (hasto)

Derivations

• < ᴹ✶syadta “axe-stroke” ✧ Ety/SYAD (syad-ta)
  • < ᴹ√SYAD¹ “shear through, cleave (through)” ✧ Ety/SYAD

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶syad-ta > hast

[sjadta] > [sjasta] > [j̊asta] > [xasta] > [xast] > [hast]

✧ Ety/SYAD