Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ǰíHwati

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 *gʷíh₃weti, from *gʷih₃wós (“alive, living”), from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”). Cognate with Proto-Hellenic *ďṓwō, Proto-Italic *gʷīwō.

Verb

*ǰíHwati

1. to live, be alive

Inflection

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Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ȷ́íHwati
  • Sanskrit: जीवति (jī́vati) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *ǰíHwati
  • Central Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬘𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (juuaⁱti)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Northern Kurdish: jîyan, ژِیان (jiyan)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Old Persian: 𐎠𐎪𐎡𐎺𐎫𐎶 (a-ji-i-v-t-m /⁠ajīvatam⁠/, 3du.impf.)
      • Middle Persian: zyw-stn’ (zī(wi)stan)
        • Persian: زیستن (zistan)
• Proto-Nuristani: *ǰīváti
  • Northern Nuristani:
    • Kamkata-viri:

      Kamviri: jǖ́-

      Kativiri: jëvé-

Further reading

• Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) “¹gai-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 105-112