Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/sawyás

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words 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 *(h₁)sewyós (“left”).

Adjective

*(H)sawyás[1]

left, left-hand
Antonym: *dáćšinas

Descendants

Indo-Aryan: *(H)sawyás
- Sanskrit: सव्य (savya)[2]
  - Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀯𑁆𑀯 (savva)[3]
Iranian: *(H)hawyáh
- Avestan: 𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬌𐬀‎ (haoiia),[1] 𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬎𐬎𐬀‎ (haouua)
- Old Persian: *𐏃𐎢𐎹 (h-u-y /*hauya/)
  - Middle Persian: [script needed] (hwy /hōy/, “left, left-hand”), [script needed] (hwyk' /hōyag/)[4]
- Parthian: [script needed] (hwy /hōy/, “left, left-hand”)[1]

References

Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) , “savyá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
Monier Williams (1899) , “सव्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1191, column 2.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) , “savyá (767)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) , “hōy(ag)”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

[IAIL-1] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) , “savyá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[2] Monier Williams (1899) , “सव्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1191, column 2.

[3] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) , “savyá (767)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

[4] MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) , “hōy(ag)”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press