Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ǰíHwati

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 *gʷíh₃weti, from *gʷih₃wós (“alive, living”), from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”). Cognate with Proto-Hellenic *ďṓwō, Proto-Italic *gʷīwō.

Verb

*ǰíHwati

to live, be alive

Descendants

Indo-Aryan: *ȷ́íHwati
- Sanskrit: जीवति (jī́vati)
  - Dardic: *jī́vati
    - Kashmiri: [script needed] (zuwun)
    - Shina: [script needed] (žonu)
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Bengali: জিযা (jija)
    - Bihari:
      - Bhojpuri: जीयल (jīyal)
      - Maithili: जियब (jiyab)
    - Old Assamese: জী (jī)
      - Assamese: জীয়া (zia)
    - Oriya: ଜୀବା (jība)
  - Maharastri Prakrit:
    - Marathi: जिणे (jiṇe)
  - Pali: jīvati
  - Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀚𑀻𑀯𑀤𑀺 (jīvadi)
    - Old Gujarati: जीवइ
      - Gujarati: જીવવું (jīvvũ)
    - Hindi: जीना (jīnā)
    - Kumaoni: ज्यूणो (jyūṇo)
    - Nepali: जिउनु (jiunu)
    - Punjabi: ਜਿਊਣਾ (jiūṇā)
    - Romani: dživ
    - Sindhi: जिअणु (jiaṇu)
Iranian: *ǰíHwati
- Central Iranian:
  - Avestan: 𐬘𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌‎ (juuaiti)
- Northwestern Iranian:
  - Kurdish: jîn, ژیان‎ (jyan)
Nuristani: *ǰī́vati
- Northern Nuristani:
  - Kamkata-viri:
    Kamviri: ǰūa
    Kativiri: ǰave