Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Hwah-

This Proto-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-Iranian

Alternative reconstructions

*wah-

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwas-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-. Compare Sanskrit वस् (vas).

Verb

*Hwah-

to dwell, remain

Descendants

Eastern Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬢𐬵‎ (vaŋh-, “to dwell, remain”)
- Ossetian: уат (wat, “room; bed; place”)
Western Iranian:
- Parthian: *vān- ← Old Iranian *wāhana-
  - → Old Armenian: վան (van)
    - → Old Georgian: ვანი (vani)

Derived terms

with *ā-
- Old Persian: [script needed] (a-v-h-n-m /āvahanam/, “village”)
- → Old Armenian: աւան (awan)

with *wi-
- Eastern:
  - Chorasmian: [script needed] (wyʾk, “house, residence”)
  - Parthian:
    Manichaean: 𐫇𐫏𐫀𐫃‎ (wyʾg /wyāg/, “place”)
  - Sogdian: [script needed] (wyʾʾk, “place”)
    - Yagnobi: -ока (-oka, “place”) (possibly)
- Western:
  - Kurdish:
    Northern Kurdish: cih / cî (“place”)
    Central Kurdish: جێ‎ (ǰē, “place”)
  - Middle Persian:
    Book Pahlavi: gywʾk' (giyāg, “place”)
    Manichaean: 𐫃𐫏𐫀𐫃‎ (gyʾg /gyāg/), 𐫋𐫀𐫏‎ (jʾy /ǰāy/, “place”) (late, circa 825 AD)
    - Persian: جا‎ (jā(y), “place, location”)

Other formations:
- → Old Armenian: հարեւան (harewan)

References

Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 202–203