Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/wayd-
Proto-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wayd-, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd-.
Root
*wayd-
Derived terms
- *ni-wayd-, with *ni- (“down”)
- Eastern Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬥𐬌𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬉𐬜𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬨𐬌 (niuuaēδaiiemi, “to invite a deity to the sacrifice, dedicate”)
- Sogdian: [script needed] (nwʾyδ- /ni-wēδ-/, “to invite, inform”)
- Western Iranian:
- Northwestern Iranian:
- Southwestern Iranian:
- Eastern Iranian:
- *fra-wayd-, with *fra-
- *pati-wayd-, with *pati-
Descendants
- Eastern Iranian:
- Southwestern Iranian:
- Middle Persian:
- Manichaean: 𐫇𐫍𐫏𐫆 (whyẖ /wehīh/, “wisdom”) (possibly)
- Middle Persian:
References
- Cheung, Johnny (2007) “u̯aid¹”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 408–409
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “նուէր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page նուիրակ of 469–471
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “*niwē”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 60