Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/HabigaHwáyati

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

From *Habi- +‎ *gaHwáyati (“to increase”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gaHwáyati, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷoh₁w-éye-ti, from *gʷeh₁w- (“to increase”) +‎ *-éyeti. Equivalent to secondary causative to *Habiǰáwti (“to increase, add”).

Verb

*HabigaHwáyati

1. to cause to increase, multiply

Alternative reconstructions

• *Habiǰāwáyati

Descendants

• Northeastern Iranian:
  • Proto-Scythian: *aβiǧāwēti
    • Khotanese: [script needed] (byāña, “to extend, increase”, 2sg.impv.)
  • Sogdo-Bactrian:
    • Khwarezmian: [script needed] (βɣʾwy, 3sg.impv.), [script needed] (mβɣʾwyd, “to multiply, increase”, 3sg.impf.)
    • >? Bactrian: αβζιιαμo (abziiamo, 1pl.subj.), αβζιιενδδηιo (abziienddēio, 3pl.opt.), αβζιιηιo (abziiēio, “to continue”, 1sg.opt.)
    • Sogdian: (“to be increased; to grow”)

      Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫋𐫏𐫎𐫘𐫐𐫇𐫗 (bjyṯskwn, pres.dur.)

      Sogdian script: 𐼰𐼱𐼵𐼰𐼷𐽂 (ʾβzʾyt /⁠əβžāyt⁠/)

• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Parthian: 𐫀𐫁𐫃𐫀𐫇𐫏𐫗𐫅 (ʾbgʾwynd /⁠aβɣāwēnd⁠/, 3pl.pres.ind.), 𐫀𐫁𐫃𐫀𐫇𐫏𐫅 (ʾbgʾwyd /⁠aβɣāwēd⁠/, 2pl.impf.)
• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Old Persian: 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹𐎩𐎠𐎺𐎹𐎶 (a-b-i-y-j-a-v-y-m /⁠abiyajāvayam⁠/), 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎩𐎠𐎺𐎹𐎶 (a-b-i-j-a-v-y-m /⁠abījāvayam⁠/, “to add”, 1sg.inj.act.) (< 1sg.inj.act. *HabiǰaHuyám)
    • Middle Persian: 𐫀𐫁𐫉𐫀𐫏𐫅 (ʾbzʾyd), 𐫀𐫁𐫉𐫀𐫏𐫏𐫅 (ʾbzʾyyd /⁠abzāyēd⁠/, “ʾbzʾyyd”)