Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wíćš

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wíćš

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 *wéyḱs ~ wiḱés, from *weyḱ-.[1]

Noun

*wíćš m or f

1. village
2. household

Descendants

• Indo-Aryan: *wíṭṣ
  • Sanskrit: विश् (víś), विट् (víṭ, nom.sg.)
• Iranian: *wíĉš
  • Old Avestan: 𐬬𐬍𐬯‎ (vīs, “village; clan”), 𐬬𐬍𐬯𐬆𐬨‎ (vīsəm, acc.sg.), 𐬬𐬍𐬲𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬋‎ (vīžibiiō, acc.sg.)
  • Kurdish: bis°, pis°
  • Old Persian: 𐎻𐎰 (vi-θ /viθ/), 𐎻𐎰𐎶 (vi-θ-m /viθam/, acc.sg.), 𐎻𐎰𐎹𐎠 (vi-θ-y-a /viθiyā/, loc.sg.)
  • → Middle Persian: [script needed] (wys /wis/, “village”)
  • → Persian: ویس‎ (vis)

References

1. Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 221