𒌓𒋻

Hittite

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Alternative forms

𒌓𒁕𒅈 (ud-da-ar /⁠uddār⁠/)

Etymology

Uncertain and problematic. Has been traditionally considered a cognate of Ancient Greek αὐδή (audḗ, “voice, speech”) and Sanskrit वदति (vádati, “to say, speak”) from presumed Proto-Indo-European *h₂wodh₂- (“to speak”).^[1]

Kloekhorst derives it instead from Proto-Indo-European *weth₂- (“to say”), making it a cognate of Latin vetō (“to advise not to”) and Welsh dweud (“to say”).^[2]

The word shows preservation of the original PIE heteroclitic inflection with secondary hysterodynamic accentuation of an originally proterodynamic word (similar to Hittite 𒂊𒌍𒄯 (e-eš-ḫar /⁠ēšḫar⁠/, “blood”) and Hittite 𒁁𒋻 (pát-tar /⁠pattar⁠/, “wing”)).

Noun

𒌓𒋻 • (ut-tar /uttar/) n

Usage notes

Beside syllabograms, the Sumerogram 𒅗 (INIM) was also used, especially so for the sense of "(legal) matter, affair".

Inflection

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Broad transcription
heteroclitic noun
Neuter gender	Singular	Plural
nominative	uttar	uttār
nominative
accusative	uttar	uttār
accusative
genitive	uddanaš	uddanāš
genitive
dative-locative	uddani	uddanāš
dative-locative
allative	uddana	–
allative
ablative	uddanaz(a)	uddanaz(a)
ablative
instrumental	uddanta, uddanit	uddanta, uddanit
instrumental

Cuneiform
heteroclitic noun
Neuter gender	Singular	Plural
nominative	𒌓𒋻	𒌓𒁕𒀀𒅈
nominative	ut-tar	ut-ta-a-ar
accusative	𒌓𒋻	𒌓𒁕𒀀𒅈
accusative	ut-tar	ut-ta-a-ar
genitive	𒌓𒁕𒈾𒀸	𒌓𒁕𒈾𒀀𒀸
genitive	ud-da-na-aš	ud-da-na-a-aš
dative-locative	𒌓𒁕𒉌	ud-da-na-a-aš
dative-locative	ud-da-ni	ud-da-na-a-aš
allative	𒌓𒁕𒈾	–
allative	ud-da-na
ablative	𒌓𒁕𒈾𒊍	𒌓𒁕𒈾𒊍
ablative	ud-da-na-az	ud-da-na-az
instrumental	𒌓𒁕𒀭𒋫, 𒌓𒁕𒉌𒀉	𒌓𒁕𒀭𒋫, 𒌓𒁕𒉌𒀉
instrumental	ud-da-an-ta, ud-da-ni-it	ud-da-an-ta, ud-da-ni-it
The desinences in this table have been normalized. For alternative endings see Appendix:Hittite declension

Derived terms

𒌓𒁕𒈾𒀠𒇷𒍣 (ud-da-na-al-li-zi /⁠uddanallizi⁠/, “to speak about, to conjure, to bewitch”, verb) (third-person present singular)

References

^ Eichner, Heiner (1980) “Phonetik und Lautgesetze des Hethitischen – ein Weg zu ihrer Entschlüsselung”, in Manfred Mayrhofer, Oskar E. Pfeiffer, Martin Peters, editors, Lautgesetze und Etymologie. Akten der VI. Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft, Wien, 24.-29. September 1978 (in German), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 120-165
^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “uttar / uddan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 932-933

[1] Eichner, Heiner (1980) “Phonetik und Lautgesetze des Hethitischen – ein Weg zu ihrer Entschlüsselung”, in Manfred Mayrhofer, Oskar E. Pfeiffer, Martin Peters, editors, Lautgesetze und Etymologie. Akten der VI. Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft, Wien, 24.-29. September 1978 (in German), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 120-165

[2] Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “uttar / uddan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 932-933

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