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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hwásyas

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 *Hwásuš (“good”) +‎ *-yas (comparative suffix).

Adjective

*Hwásyas[1]

  1. comparative degree of *Hwásuš (“good”): better

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hwásyas
    • Vedic Sanskrit: वस्यस् (vásyas)
      • Classical Sanskrit: वसीयस् (vásīyas)
  • Proto-Iranian: *Hwáhyah
    • Old Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬵 (vahiiah)
      • Younger Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬀 (vaŋha)
    • Old Persian: 𐎺𐏃𐎹𐏀 (v-h-y-z /⁠vahyaz⁠/) (in personal names)
      • Middle Persian: (/weh/)
        Manichaean script: 𐫇𐫍𐫏 (why), 𐫇𐫏𐫍 (wyh)
        Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ŠPYL), [Book Pahlavi needed] (wyh)
        • Persian: به (beh)
        • → Old Armenian: վեհ (veh, “sublime”)
        • → Old Armenian: Վահէ (Vahē) (personal name)

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “vásu-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
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