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A betterAnother example of Avestan retaining a more archaic form than Vedic is in the declension of the word for “path”. Avestan retains the distinction of full grade *pantaH- (Av. Nom. Sing. paṇtå) and the double-zero grade *patH- (Av. Gen. Sing. paϑō). Vedic has generalised forms with -th- in all cases (nom. panthāḥ, gen. pathaḥ, etc).

A better example of Avestan retaining a more archaic form than Vedic is in the declension of the word for “path”. Avestan retains the distinction of full grade *pantaH- (Av. Nom. Sing. paṇtå) and the double-zero grade *patH- (Av. Gen. Sing. paϑō). Vedic has generalised forms with -th- in all cases (nom. panthāḥ, gen. pathaḥ, etc).

Another example of Avestan retaining a more archaic form than Vedic is in the declension of the word for “path”. Avestan retains the distinction of full grade *pantaH- (Av. Nom. Sing. paṇtå) and the double-zero grade *patH- (Av. Gen. Sing. paϑō). Vedic generalised forms with -th- in all cases (nom. panthāḥ, gen. pathaḥ, etc).

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A better example of Avestan retaining a more archaic form than Vedic is in the declension of the word for “path”. Avestan retains the distinction of full grade *pantaH- (Av. Nom. Sing. paṇtå) and the double-zero grade *patH- (Av. Gen. Sing. paϑō). Vedic has generalised forms with -th- in all cases (nom. panthāḥ, gen. pathaḥ, etc).