Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/gaHwah

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gaHwas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷoh₁w-o-s, from *gʷeh₁w- (“to increase”).[1][2]

Noun

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*gaHwah m[2]

  1. an increase

Derived terms

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  • *fragaHwah
  • *HabigaHwah[2]
    • Proto-Scythian: *aβiǧāwi
      • Khotanese: [script needed] (byau, “an increase”)
    • Khwarezmian: [script needed] (βɣʾw /⁠βɣāw⁠/, “an increase; more”)
    • Parthian: 𐫀𐫁𐫃𐫇 (ʾbgw /⁠aβɣāw⁠/, “an increase”)

References

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  1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*gau (*ǰau)”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 112-113
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) “*⁴gau- : gu-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 226-228: “*gāu̯a-”
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