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.

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)
- Zazaki: vinderden (“to stay, wait, stand”)

Derived terms

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)

References

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