Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wayd-

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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.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *weyd-.

Root

*wayd-

  1. to know
Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wayd-
  • Proto-Iranian: *wayd- (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

Root

*wayd-

  1. to find
Descendants

References

  • Martínez García, Javier, de Vaan, Michiel (2014) Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages; 1)‎, Brill, →ISBN, page 113
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) “u̯aid¹, u̯aid²”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 408–410