Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wálćas

This Proto-Indo-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-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wólḱ-o-s, from *h₂welh₁- (“hair; wool”). Perhaps related to Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥ćšás (“tree”).^[1]

Noun

*wálćas m (stem *warĉa-)

hair

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wálćas	*wálćā(w)	*wálćās(as)
vocative	*wálća	*wálćā(w)	*wálćās(as)
accusative	*wálćam	*wálćā(w)	*wálćāns
instrumental	*wálćaH	*wálćaybʰyā(m)	*wálćāyš
ablative	*wálćāt	*wálćaybʰyā(m)	*wálćaybʰyas
dative	*wálćāy	*wálćaybʰyā(m)	*wálćaybʰyas
genitive	*wálćasya	*wálćayās	*wálćānaHam
locative	*wálćay	*wálćayaw	*wálćayšu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wálśas
- Sanskrit: वल्श (válśa)
Proto-Iranian: *wárcah
- Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀 (var^əsa)
- Kurdish:
  Central Kurdish: پرچ (pirç)
  
  Northern Kurdish: pirç
  
  Southern Kurdish: پرچ (pirç)
  - → Armenian: փըռչ (pʻəṙčʻ)
- Middle Persian:
  Book Pahlavi: [script needed] (wls /⁠wars⁠/)
  - Persian: گرس (gors)
- Parachi: ǧōš
- Sogdian: [script needed] (wrs /⁠wars⁠/)
- → Old Armenian: վարս (vars), ⇒ վարշամակ (varšamak)

References

^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “vṛkṣá- - VṚJ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 572

[1] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “vṛkṣá- - VṚJ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 572

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