Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wáypati

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 *wéyp-e-ti, from *weyp- (“to shake, tremble”) +‎ *-eti.^[1]

Verb

*wáypati^[2]

to tremble

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wáypati
- Sanskrit: वेपते (vépate, 3sg.med.)
Proto-Iranian: *wáypati (“to swing, shake”)^[3]
- Central Iranian:
  - Younger Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀 (vaēpaiia, “to shake away; to destroy”, 2sg.impv.caus.), 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (vaēpaiieⁱti, “to be homosexual”, 3sg.caus.)
- Northeastern Iranian:
  - Ossetian: (“to change (color)”)
    Digor Ossetian: (ӕйй)евун ((æjj)evun), (ӕйй)ивд ((æjj)ivd)
    
    Iron Ossetian: и́вын (ívyn), ивд (ivd)
- Southeastern Iranian:
  - >? Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami:^[4]^[3]
    - Shughni: wib (“cry to bullock”) (Khufi)
    - Yazghulami: wipt (“to turn round a team bullocks while threshing”)
- Southwestern Iranian:
  - Persian: گیفر (geyfar, “butterchurn”)

References

^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*u̯ei̯p-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN
^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “vep”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Cheung, Johnny (2007) “u̯aip”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 415
^ Morgenstierne, Georg (1974) “wib”, in Etymological Vocabulary of the Shughni Group (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 6), Wiesbaden: Dr Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 117

[1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*u̯ei̯p-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN

[2] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “vep”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[EDIV-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Cheung, Johnny (2007) “u̯aip”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 415

[4] Morgenstierne, Georg (1974) “wib”, in Etymological Vocabulary of the Shughni Group (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 6), Wiesbaden: Dr Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 117

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