Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hwásuš

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This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus.

Adjective

*Hwásuš (comparative *Hwásyas, superlative *Hwásištʰas)[1]

  1. good, excellent

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hwásuṣ m, *HwáswiH f
  • Proto-Iranian: *Hwáhuš m, *HwáhwiH f
    • Avestan: 𐬬𐬊𐬵𐬎 m (vohu), 𐬬𐬀𐬤𐬵𐬍 f (vaŋᵛhī)
    • Parthian: [Term?] (/⁠weh, wah⁠/) [2]
      Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (-wyẖ) , [script needed] (why-) (in compound nouns)
    • Old Persian: 𐎺𐎢 (v-u /⁠vaʰu⁠/)
      • Middle Persian: [Term?] (/⁠wih, wah⁠/, “good”)
        Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (wyh), [script needed] (ŠPYL)
        Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (wyẖ), [script needed] (why, “better; best”) [3]
      • → Old Armenian: վեհ (veh) (see Descendants)
      • Classical Persian: به (bih)

References

  1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “vásu-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  2. ^ Desmond Durkin-Meisteremst (2004); Dictionaroy Of Manichaeain Texts, Part I; ISBN:2-503-5 1776; pp: 341, 358.
  3. ^ Desmond Durkin-Meisteremst (2004); Dictionaroy Of Manichaeain Texts, Part I; ISBN:2-503-5 1776; pp: 341, 353.
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