Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/upári

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *upéri.

Adverb

*upári

1. above, over

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *upári
  • Sanskrit: उपरि (upári)
• Proto-Iranian: *upári
  • Avestan: 𐬎𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌 (upaⁱri)
  • Old Persian: [script needed] (upairiy, “prefix and adverb, means "up" or "top" or "upon"”)
    • Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭣𐭬 ('pl /⁠abar⁠/, “over, super, on, upon”) (used as prefix or single word)
    • Manichaean Middle Persian: [script needed] ('br /⁠abar⁠/)
      • Persian: ابر (abar, “over-, super-”) (used as prefix), بر (bar, “up, top”) (used as prefix or single word)
  • Parthian: [script needed] ('br /⁠abar⁠/)
• Proto-Nuristani: *wári
  • Southern Nuristani:
    • Waigali: vari