Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/bʰáydati
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Proto-Indo-Iranian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydeti from *bʰeyd-.
Verb
[edit]*bʰáydati
- to split
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *bʰáydati
- Sanskrit: भेदति (bhedati, “to split”)
- Proto-Iranian: *báydati
- Avestan: 𐬠𐬌𐬜 (biδ) (in compound words)
- 𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬋.𐬠𐬌𐬜 (astō.biδ, “who breaks a bone”), 𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬋.𐬡𐬌𐬜𐬁𐬙𐬎 (astō.βiδātu),𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬋.𐬬𐬌𐬜𐬁𐬙𐬎 (astō.viδātu)
- → Middle Persian: [script needed] (ʾstwhʾt' /astwihād/, “the demon of death”)
- Persian: استویهاد (astvihâd, “the demon of death”) (in Zoroastrian)
- Old Persian: [script needed] (*baid)
- Persian: بید (bid, “moth, an insect who can split papers or garments or carpets”) (Perhaps)
- Avestan: 𐬠𐬌𐬜 (biδ) (in compound words)