Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Hwah-
Proto-Iranian
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwas-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-. Compare Sanskrit वस् (vas).
Verb
*Hwah-
Descendants
- Eastern Iranian:
- Western Iranian:
Derived terms
- with *ā-
- Old Persian: [script needed] (a-v-h-n-m /āvahanam/, “village”)
- → Old Armenian: աւան (awan)
- with *wi-
- Eastern:
- Khwarezmian: [script needed] (wyʾk, “house, residence”)
- Sogdian: [script needed] (wyʾʾk, “place”)
- Yagnobi: -ока (-oka, “place”) (possibly)
- Western:
- Eastern:
- Other formations:
- → Old Armenian: հարեւան (harewan)
References
- Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 202–203