Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Háywas

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 *óywos.

Numeral

*Háywas

Proto-Indo-Iranian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *Háywas     Ordinal : *pratʰamás

1. one

Synonyms

• *Háykas

Derived terms

• *Háywa (“only, just”, adverb)

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Háywas
  • Vedic Sanskrit: ऐव (aivá)
    • Classical Sanskrit: एव (evá)
• Proto-Iranian: *Háywah
  • Avestan: 𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀 (aēuua)
  • Ossetian:

    Digor Ossetian: йеу (jew)

    Iron Ossetian: иу (iw)

  • Old Persian: 𐎠𐎡𐎺 (a-i-v /⁠aiva⁠/)
    • Middle Persian:

      Manichaean script: 𐫙𐫏𐫇 (ʿyw /⁠ēw⁠/)

      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾy /⁠ē⁠/)

      Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭸 (HD)

      • Persian: یو (yaw, yô, yu), ـی (-ê)
      • Tajik: -е (-e)
    • ⇒ Proto-Iranian: *Háywakah
      • Middle Persian: [script needed] (ʾywk' /⁠ēwak⁠/)
        • Persian: یک (yek)
        • Tajik: як (yak)
      • Bactrian: ιωγο (iōgo)