Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/suH-

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 *suH-.

Noun

*suH- m

pig, swine, hog

Inflection

consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*suHs	*suHā(w)	*suHas
vocative	*suH	*suHā(w)	*suHas
accusative	*suHam	*suHā(w)	*suHas
instrumental	*suHaH	*suHbʰyā(m)	*suHbʰiš
ablative	*suHas	*suHbʰyā(m)	*suHbʰyaH
dative	*suHay	*suHbʰyā(m)	*suHbʰyaH
genitive	*suHas	*suHHās	*suHaHam
locative	*suHi	*suHHaw	*suHsu

Derived terms

*suHkás
- Proto-Iranian: *huHkáh
  - Northwestern Iranian:
    - Baluchi: ہوک (hūk), ہیک (hīk)
    - Proto-Medo-Parthian: *hukáh
      - Gilaki: خوک (xūk)
      - Karingani: خوق (xōq)
      - Ashtiani: خوکه (xùkka)
      - Parthian: (/⁠hūg⁠/)
        Manichaean script: 𐫍𐫇𐫃 (hwg)
        
        → Old Armenian: խոզ (xoz) (Perhaps)
        → Zazaki: xoz
  - Southwestern Iranian:
    - Middle Persian: (/⁠hūg⁠/)
      Manichaean script: 𐫍𐫇𐫃 (hwg)
      
      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (HZWLYA), [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwk')
      - Classical Persian: خوگ (xūg)
        Dari: خوک (xūk)
        
        Iranian Persian: خوک (xūk)
        
        Old Sistani dialect خوا (xwā ~ xū'ā) (Only mentioned in the Qur'an-i Quds as the oldest New Persian translation of Qur'an)
        
        Tajik: хук (xuk)
        
        Kurdish:
        → Central Kurdish: خووگ (xûg /⁠xūg⁠/)
        
        → Northern Kurdish: xûg (/⁠xūg⁠/), hûg (/⁠hūg⁠/), xûk (/⁠xūk⁠/)
        
        → Pashto: خوګ (xug)
        
        → Sarikoli: hɛwg (xäwg /⁠xɛu̯g⁠/)
        
        → Sanglechi: [script needed] (xūg, “boar”)
        
        → Urdu: خوک (xūk)
        
        → Wakhi: (/⁠xüg⁠/)
        Arabic script: خؤگ
        
        Cyrillic script: хуг (xug)
        
        → Yaghnobi: хуг (xūg)
*suHkarás
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *suHkarás
  - Sanskrit: सूकर (sūkará) (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

Proto-Iranian: *huH-
- Central Iranian:
  - Avestan: 𐬵𐬏 (hū)
- Northeastern Iranian:
  - Khotanese: [script needed] (hva)
  - Digor Ossetian: ху (xu)
  - Iron Ossetian: хуы (x°y)
- Northwestern Iranian:
  - Proto-Medo-Parthian:
    - Gurani: خوو (xû /⁠xū⁠/)
    - Old Mazanderani: خو (xū)
      - Mazanderani: خی (xi)
    - Lasgerdi: خو (xū)
    - Sangisari: خؤ (xü)
    - Semnani: خی (xī)