Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/yaw-

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/yaw-

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

Root

*yaw-[1]

1. to separate, keep off

Derived terms

• *yu-yáw-ti (reduplicated present)
  • Indo-Aryan: *yuyáwti
    • Sanskrit: युयोति (yuyóti)
• *yusćati
  • Indo-Aryan: *yuśćati
    • Sanskrit: युच्छति (yucchati)
• *yutás (“separated”)
  • Indo-Aryan: *yutás
    • Sanskrit: युतद्वेषस् (yutá-dveṣas, “separated from enemies”)
  • Iranian: *yutáh
    • Avestan: 𐬫𐬏𐬙𐬀‎ (yūta)
    • Middle Persian: [script needed] (ywdtʾ /ǰud/)
      • ⇒ Middle Persian: [script needed] (ywdtʾk' /ǰudāg/)
        • Persian: جدا‎ (jodâ)
  • ⇒ Indo-Iranian: *wíyutas
    • Indo-Aryan: *wíyutas
      • Sanskrit: वियुत (víyuta)
    • Iranian: *wíyutah
      • Avestan: 𐬬𐬌𐬌𐬏𐬙𐬀‎ (viiūta)

Further reading

• Cheung, Johnny (2007) , “*i̯au²”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 216
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) , “YAV²”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 403

References

1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) , “yav [2]”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University