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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hwásuš

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words 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

Alternative forms
  • *HwáswiH f

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus.

Adjective

*Hwásuš (comparative *Hwásyas, superlative *Hwásištʰas) [1]

  1. good, excellent

Descendants
  • Indo-Aryan: *Hwásuṣ m, *HwáswiH f
    • Sanskrit: वसु m (vásu), वस्वी f (vásvī)
  • Iranian: *Hwáhuš m, *HwáhwiH f
    • Avestan: 𐬬𐬊𐬵𐬎‎ m (vohu), 𐬬𐬀𐬤𐬵𐬍‎ f (vaŋᵛhī)
    • Parthian: [Term?] (/weh, wah/) [2]
      Manichaean: [Manichaean needed] (-wyẖ) , [script needed] (why-) (in compound nouns)
    • Old Persian: 𐎺𐎢 (v-u /vaʰu/)
      • Middle Persian: [Term?] (/wih, wah/, “good”)
        Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (wyh), [script needed] (ŠPYL)
        Manichaean: [Manichaean needed] (wyẖ), [script needed] (why, “better; best”) [3]
      • → Old Armenian: վեհ (veh) (see Descendants)
      • Classical Persian: به‎ (bih)
        • Dari: به‎ (bih)
        • Iranian Persian: به‎ (beh)
        • Tajik: беҳ (beh)

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “vásu-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  2. Desmond Durkin-Meisteremst (2004); Dictionaroy Of Manichaeain Texts, Part I; ISBN:2-503-5 1776; pp: 341, 358.
  3. Desmond Durkin-Meisteremst (2004); Dictionaroy Of Manichaeain Texts, Part I; ISBN:2-503-5 1776; pp: 341, 353.
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