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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/sawyás

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 *(h₁)sewyós (“left”).

Adjective

*(H)sawyás[1]

  1. left, left-hand
    Antonym: *dáćšinas

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *(H)sawyás
  • Proto-Iranian: *(H)hawyáh
    • Avestan: 𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬌𐬀‎ (haoiia),[1] 𐬵𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬌𐬀‎ (hauuiia)
    • Old Persian: *𐏃𐎢𐎹 (*h-u-y /*hauya/)
      • Middle Persian: [script needed] (hwy /hōy/, “left, left-hand”), [script needed] (hwyk' /hōyag/)[4]
    • Parthian: [script needed] (hwy /hōy/, “left, left-hand”)[1]

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “savyá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  2. Monier Williams (1899), “सव्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1191, column 2.
  3. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “savyá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  4. MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “hōy(ag)”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
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