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

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)sewyós
Proto-Indo-Iranian *sawyás

    From Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)sewyós (“left”).

    Adjective

    *(H)sawyás[1]

    1. left, left-hand
      Antonym: *dáćšinas

    Descendants

    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *(H)sawyás
      • Sanskrit: सव्य (savya) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Iranian: *(H)hawyáh
      • Avestan: 𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬌𐬀 (haoiia), 𐬵𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬌𐬀 (hauuiia)
      • Parthian: 𐫍𐫇𐫏 (hwy /⁠hōy⁠/, “left, left-hand”)
      • Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwy /⁠hōy⁠/, “left, left-hand”), [script needed] (hwyk' /⁠hōyag⁠/)

    References

    1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “savyá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
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