< Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian
Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wan-
Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁-, *wen-. Cognate with English win, Old Armenian գուն (gun).
Root
*wan(H)-
- to triumph, win, overcome
- to conquer
Derived terms
- *wanáwti
- Indo-Aryan: *wanáwti
- Sanskrit: वनोति (vanóti)
- Indo-Aryan: *wanáwti
Descendants
- Indo-Aryan: *wan-
- Sanskrit: वन् (van)
- Iranian: *wan-
- Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬥 (van)
- Old Persian:
- Middle Persian: wʾnytn' (wānīdan)
- → Old Armenian: վանեմ (vanem)
- Middle Persian: wʾnytn' (wānīdan)