Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/gaHwah

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 *gaHwas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷoh₁w-o-s, from *gʷeh₁w- (“to increase”).^[1]^[2]

Noun

*gaHwah m^[2]

an increase

Inflection

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gaHwah	*gaHwā(w)	*gaHwāh(ah)
vocative	*gaHwa	*gaHwā(w)	*gaHwāh(ah)
accusative	*gaHwam	*gaHwā(w)	*gaHwānh
instrumental	*gaHwaH	*gaHwaybʰyā(m)	*gaHwāyš
ablative	*gaHwāt	*gaHwaybʰyā(m)	*gaHwaybʰyah
dative	*gaHwāy	*gaHwaybʰyā(m)	*gaHwaybʰyah
genitive	*gaHwahya	*gaHwayāh	*gaHwānaHam
locative	*gaHway	*gaHwayaw	*gaHwayšu

Derived terms

*fragaHwah
*HabigaHwah^[2]^[3]^[4]
- Proto-Scythian: *aβiǧāwi
  - Khotanese: [script needed] (byau, “an increase”)
- Khwarezmian: [script needed] (βɣʾw /⁠βɣāw⁠/, “an increase; more”)
- Parthian: 𐫀𐫁𐫃𐫀𐫇 (ʾbgʾw /⁠aβɣāw⁠/, “an increase”)

References

^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*gau (*ǰau)”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 112-113
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) “*⁴gau- : gu-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 226-228: “*gāu̯a-”
^ Benzing, Johannes (1983) “ʾβγʾw”, in Chwaresmischer Wortindex, Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz: “*abi-gāwa-”
^ Henning, W. B. (1971) “βγʾw”, in MacKenzie, D. N., editor, A Fragment of a Khwarezmian Dictionary (Tehran University. Publication no. 1317), London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN, page 33: “*abi-gāwa-”

[1] Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*gau (*ǰau)”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 112-113

[ESIJa-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) “*⁴gau- : gu-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 226-228: “*gāu̯a-”

[3] Benzing, Johannes (1983) “ʾβγʾw”, in Chwaresmischer Wortindex, Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz: “*abi-gāwa-”

[4] Henning, W. B. (1971) “βγʾw”, in MacKenzie, D. N., editor, A Fragment of a Khwarezmian Dictionary (Tehran University. Publication no. 1317), London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN, page 33: “*abi-gāwa-”

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