Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wáyHti

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 *wéyh₁-ti, from *weyh₁- (“to chase; to suppress”) +‎ *-ti.

Verb

*wáyHti[1]

to chase, pursue
to persecute

Descendants

Indo-Aryan: *wáyti
- Sanskrit: वेति (véti, “persecute, strive, chase”)
Iranian: *wáyHti[2]
- Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬙𐬌‎ (vaēiti, “to hunt, chase”)
- Ossetian: (“to hurry, walk, jump”)
  - Digor: уайун (wajun)
  - Iron: уа́йын (wájyn)
- Middle Persian: (“to fly, soar”)
  Manichaean: 𐫇𐫀𐫏𐫀𐫅‎ (wʾyʾd)
  Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (wʾdynynd /wāyēnēnd/)
- →? Old Armenian: վայել (vayel)[3]

References

Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “vayⁱ”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*ṷaiH”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 411
Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 591

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

[2] Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*ṷaiH”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 411

[3] Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 591