𐬫𐬀𐬊𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌

Avestan

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *yawĵáti. Cognate with Old Persian [script needed] (yaud-), Parthian [script needed] (ywz-) and Old Armenian յոյզ (yoyz), an Iranian borrowing.

Verb

𐬫𐬀𐬊𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 • (yaozaiti) (root 𐬫𐬀𐬊𐬰‎)

(Young Avestan)
  1. to set in motion, move
  2. to wave

References
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*i̯auz”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 218
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