Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/gāwah

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 *gāwas, from Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷ⁾ow-o-s, from *g⁽ʷ⁾ew- (to increase).[1][2]

Noun

*gāwah m[2]

  1. an increase

Inflection

masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *gāwah *gāwā(w) *gāwāh(ah)
vocative *gāwa *gāwā(w) *gāwāh(ah)
accusative *gāwam *gāwā(w) *gāwānh
instrumental *gāwaH *gāwaybʰyā(m) *gāwāyš
ablative *gāwāt *gāwaybʰyā(m) *gāwaybʰyah
dative *gāwāy *gāwaybʰyā(m) *gāwaybʰyah
genitive *gāwahya *gāwayāh *gāwānaHam
locative *gāway *gāwayaw *gāwayšu

Derived terms

  • *fragāwah
  • *Habigāwah[2][3][4]
    • Proto-Scythian: *aβiɣāwi
      • Khotanese: [script needed] (byau, an increase)
    • Khwarezmian: [script needed] (βɣʾw /⁠βɣāw⁠/, an increase; more)
    • Parthian: 𐫀𐫁𐫃𐫀𐫇 (ʾbgʾw /⁠aβɣāw⁠/, an increase)

References

  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
  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-