Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/čálHati

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 *kʷélh₁-e-ti, from *kʷelh₁- (“to move”).

Verb

*čálHati

1. to move, walk
2. to wander

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ćálHati
  • Sanskrit: चरति (cárati), चलति (cálati) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *čárHati
  • Central Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬗𐬀𐬭𐬁𐬥𐬍 (carānī, “to move, approach”, 1sg.subj.)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Digor Ossetian: цӕрун (cærun, “to live”)
    • Iron Ossetian: цӕрын (cæryn, “to live”)
  • Southeastern Iranian:
    • Pashto: څرېدل (caredal, “to pasture, graze”)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Kurdish:
      • Northern Kurdish: çerîn (“to graze”)
      • Central Kurdish: چەرین (çerîn)
    • Zazaki: çerayen
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Old Persian: [script needed] (caratiy)
      • Middle Persian: [script needed] (carīdan), [script needed] (carag, “pasture, grazing; flock”)
      • Persian: چریدن (čaridan, “to graze”)
        • Tajik: чаридан (čaridan)
      • Lurish:
        • Northern Luri: قۏئڵ (qöeł, “foot, wheel”)
          • Nahavandi: قول (qol)
        • Bakhtiari: گںل (gal, “foot”)