Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/gaHwah
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Proto-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gaHwas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷoh₁w-o-s, from *gʷeh₁w- (“to increase”).[1][2]
Noun
*gaHwah m[2]
- an increase
Derived terms
References
- ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*gau (*ǰau)”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 112-113
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) “*⁴gau- : gu-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 226-228: “*gāu̯a-”
- ^ Benzing, Johannes (1983) “ʾβγʾw”, in Chwaresmischer Wortindex, Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz: “*abi-gāwa-”
- ^ Henning, W. B. (1971) “βγʾw”, in MacKenzie, D. N., editor, A Fragment of a Khwarezmian Dictionary (Tehran University. Publication no. 1317), London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN, page 33: “*abi-gāwa-”