Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/gaw-

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 *gaw-.

Root

*gaw- ~ *ǰaw-^[1]^[2]^[3]

to increase, multiply

Derived terms

*Habigaw-
*gawnah
*gú-t-s
- Avestan: *gus ~ *gūtō (“increasing”)^[4]
  - ⇒ Younger Avestan: 𐬑𐬭𐬀𐬙𐬎𐬔𐬏𐬙𐬋 (xratugūtō, “increasing wisdom”, acc.pl.adj.)^[5]

Unsorted formations

Northeastern Iranian:
- ⇒ Khotanese: [script needed] (gvāną, “growth; birth”)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Parthian: *zawēd⁠, *gawēd
  - ⇒? Parthian: 𐫀𐫗𐫃𐫇𐫏𐫅 (ʾngwyd /⁠angawēd⁠⁠/, “to find rest, rest, remain”)
    - ⇒ Parthian: 𐫀𐫗𐫃𐫀𐫇𐫀𐫗 (ʾngʾwʾn /⁠angāwān⁠/, 2pl.pres.caus.impv.⁠), 𐫀𐫗𐫃𐫀𐫇𐫏𐫅 (ʾngʾwyd /⁠angāwēd⁠/, “to end, make an end”, 1sg.pres.caus.subj.)
  - ⇒? Parthian: 𐫇𐫉𐫇𐫏𐫅 (wzwyd /⁠wizawēd⁠⁠/, “to wilt; to be extinguished”)
    - ⇒ Parthian: 𐫇𐫉𐫀𐫇𐫏𐫅 (wzʾwyd /⁠wizāwēd⁠⁠/, “to extinguish”, 3sg.pres.caus.ind.)

References

^ Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*gau (*ǰau) ‘to increase’”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
^ 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
^ Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2007), “*⁵gau- : gū-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 228
^ Bartholomae, Christian (1904), “j. xratu-güt- Adj.”, in Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, column 537: “*gūt- Adj., zum V. ¹gav-.”
^ Kellens, Jean (1974), Les noms-racines de l'Avesta (in French), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, pages 115-8

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

[ESIJa-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

[3] Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2007), “*⁵gau- : gū-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 228

[4] Bartholomae, Christian (1904), “j. xratu-güt- Adj.”, in Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, column 537: “*gūt- Adj., zum V. ¹gav-.”

[5] Kellens, Jean (1974), Les noms-racines de l'Avesta (in French), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, pages 115-8

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