Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/hwápati

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 Proto-Indo-Iranian *swápati, from Proto-Indo-European *swép-e-ti, from *swep- (“to sleep”).

Verb

*hwápati

1. to sleep
2. to dream

Descendants

• Northern Kurdish: xew (“sleep”)
• Middle Persian: hwʾb (xvāb)
  • Persian: خواب (xvâb, xâb)
    • → Urdu: خواب (xvāb)
• Lurish:
  • Northern Luri: خاو (xāw)

    Nahavandi: خۋ (xü)

  • Bakhtiari: خٱو (xaw)
  • Southern Luri: خٱو (xaw)