Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Hwah-

This Proto-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.

• *wah-

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

*Hwah-

1. to dwell, remain

• 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)

• with *aH-
  • Old Persian: (a-v-h-n-m /⁠āvahanam⁠/, “village”)
  • → Old Armenian: աւան (awan)

• with *wi-
  • Eastern:
    • Khwarezmian: (wyʾk, “house, residence”)
    • Sogdian: (wyʾʾk, “place”)
      • Yagnobi: -ока (-oka, “place”) (possibly)
  • Western:
    • Kurdish:

      Northern Kurdish: cih / cî (“place”)

      Central Kurdish: جێ (cê, “place”)

    • Middle Persian:

      Book Pahlavi: (gywʾk' /⁠giyāg⁠/, “place”)

      Manichaean: 𐫃𐫏𐫀𐫃 (gyʾg /⁠gyāg⁠/), 𐫋𐫀𐫏 (jʾy /⁠ǰāy⁠/, “place”) (late, circa 825 AD)

      • Persian: جا (jâ(y), “place, location”)
    • Parthian:

      Manichaean: 𐫇𐫏𐫀𐫃 (wyʾg /⁠wyāg⁠/, “place”)

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

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