Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/wayd-

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 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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wayd-, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd-.

Root

*wayd-

  1. to know
  2. to find

Derived terms

  • *ni-wayd-, with *ni- (“down”)
    • Eastern Iranian:
      • Avestan: 𐬥𐬌𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬉𐬜𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬨𐬌 (niuuaēδaiiemi, “to invite a deity to the sacrifice, dedicate”)
      • Sogdian: (nwʾyδ- /⁠ni-wēδ-⁠/, “to invite, inform”)
    • Western Iranian:
      • Northwestern Iranian:
        • Parthian:
          Manichaean: nwyst (*niwist, “invited”); nwydg (*niwēdag, “invitation or good news”)
        • → Old Armenian: նուէր (nuēr, “oblation, sacrifice”) ← Middle Iranian *nivēδ
        • → Old Armenian: նուիրակ (nuirak, “announcer, messenger, etc.”) ← Middle Iranian: *nivēδāk
      • Southwestern Iranian:
        • Middle Persian:
          Book Pahlavi: nwstn' (*niwistan), nwyk- / nwyd- (*niwēy-, “to announce, consecrate”); nwyk' (*niwē, “good news”)
          • Persian: نوید (navid, “good news”)
  • *fra-wayd-, with *fra-
  • *pati-wayd-, with *pati-

Descendants

References

  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) “u̯aid¹”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 408–409
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “նուէր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page նուիրակ of 469–471
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “*niwē”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 60
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