Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/suH-

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

From Proto-Indo-European *suH-.

*suH- m

1. pig, swine, hog

• *suHkás
  • Proto-Iranian: *huHkáh
    • Northwestern Iranian:
      • Baluchi: ہوک (hūk), ہیک (hīk)
      • Proto-Medo-Parthian: *hukáh
        • Gilaki: خوک (xūk)
        • Karingani: خوق (xōq)
        • Ashtiani: خوکه (xùkka)
        • Parthian: (/⁠hūg⁠/)

          Manichaean script: 𐫍𐫇𐫃 (hwg)

          • → Old Armenian: խոզ (xoz) (Perhaps)
            • → Zazaki: xoz
    • Southwestern Iranian:
      • Middle Persian: (/⁠hūg⁠/)

        Manichaean script: 𐫍𐫇𐫃 (hwg)

        Book Pahlavi script: (HZWLYA), (hwk')

        • Classical Persian: خوگ (xūg)

          Dari: خوک (xūk)

          Iranian Persian: خوک (xūk)

          Old Sistani dialect خوا (xwā ~ xū'ā) (Only mentioned in the Qur'an-i Quds as the oldest New Persian translation of Qur'an)

          Tajik: хук (xuk)

          • Kurdish:

            → Central Kurdish: خووگ (xûg /⁠xūg⁠/)

            → Northern Kurdish: xûg (/⁠xūg⁠/), hûg (/⁠hūg⁠/), xûk (/⁠xūk⁠/)

          • → Pashto: خوګ (xug)
          • → Sarikoli: hɛwg (xäwg /⁠xɛu̯g⁠/)
          • → Sanglechi: (xūg, “boar”)
          • → Urdu: خوک (xūk)
          • → Wakhi: (/⁠xüg⁠/)

            Arabic script: خؤگ

            Cyrillic script: хуг (xug)

          • → Yagnobi: хуг (xūg)
• *suHkarás
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *suHkarás
    • Sanskrit: सूकर (sūkará) (see there for further descendants)

• Proto-Iranian: *huH-
  • Central Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬵𐬏 (hū)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Khotanese: (hva)
    • Digor Ossetian: ху (xu)
    • Iron Ossetian: хуы (x°y)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Proto-Medo-Parthian:
      • Gurani: خوو (xû /⁠xū⁠/)
      • Old Mazanderani: خو (xū)
        • Mazanderani: خی (xi)
      • Lasgerdi: خو (xū)
      • Sangisari: خؤ (xü)
      • Semnani: خی (xī)