Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/HwaHyúš

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 *h₂weh₁-yú-s, from *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).

Noun

*HwaHyúš m

1. wind, air

Derived terms

• *Hantár-HwaHyúš (“inter-air; atmosphere”)
  • Proto-Iranian: *HantárHwaHyúš
    • Parthian: 𐫀𐫗𐫅𐫡𐫇𐫀𐫉 (ʾndrwʾz /⁠andarwāz⁠/), 𐫀𐫗𐫅𐫡𐫇𐫀𐫀𐫉 (ʾndrwʾʾz)
      • → Manichaean Middle Persian: 𐫀𐫗𐫅𐫡𐫇𐫀𐫉 (ʾndrwʾz /⁠andarwāz⁠/)
    • Middle Persian: [Term?] (/⁠andarwāy⁠/)

      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾndlwʾd)

      • Classical Persian: اندروای (andarwāy, “upside down; in the air”)

        Iranian Persian: اندروا (andarvā), دروا (darvâ, “hanging”)

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *HwaHyúṣ
  • Sanskrit: वायु (vāyú)
• Proto-Iranian: *HwaHyúš
  • Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬎 (vaiiu)
  • Parthian: 𐫇𐫏𐫇 (wyw /⁠wēw⁠/, “air, atmosphere”)
  • Old Persian: *𐎺𐎹 (*v-y /⁠vaya⁠/)
    • Middle Persian: (/⁠way⁠/, “air; atmosphere”)

      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (wʾd)

      • → Persian: وای (vây, “air”) (right borrowing)