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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/waȷ́ʰ-

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 *weǵʰ-. Compare Latin vehō (I carry, bear).

Root

*waȷ́ʰ-

  1. bear, carry
  2. drive

Descendants

  • Indo-Aryan: *waźʰ-
    • Sanskrit: वह् (vah, to bear, carry)
      • Magadhi Prakrit: [Term?]
        • Assamese: (bo)
  • Iranian: *waĵ- (to carry; to drive (a chariot or similar))
    • Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬰 (vaz-, to move, to run)
    • Baluchi: [script needed] (gwast / gwaz-, to pass)
    • Khunsari: [script needed] (vuza / vuz-, to run, to run away)
    • Kurdish:
      Northern Kurdish: bezîn (to run), bazdan (to flee, to escape, to run away)
    • Middle Persian:
      Book Pahlavi: wc- (waz-, to move [intransitive]; to blow (of wind))
      Manichaean: wy- (to move along)
      • Persian: وزیدن (vazidan) / وز (vaz), بزیدن (bazidan) / بز (baz-, to blow) / (*para-) پرواز (parvāz-, to fly)[1]
    • Parthian:
      Manichaean: wz- (waz-, to move swiftly, fly; to travel; to blow (of wind))
    • Zazaki: veştene (to run), vazdayen (to run, to flee, to escape)
    • Old Armenian: վազ (vaz, leap, jump; running)
    • Old Armenian: աւազակ (awazak) (possibly)

Derived terms

  1. Cheung, Johnny. 2007. Etymological dictionary of the Iranian verb. Leiden: Brill. p.430.
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