Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Háywas

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 *óywos.

Numeral

*Háywas

**Proto-Indo-Iranian cardinal numbers**
< 0	1	2 >
Cardinal : Háywas Ordinal* : *pratʰamás

one

Synonyms

*Háykas

Derived terms

*Háywa (“only, just”, adverb)

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Háywas
- Vedic Sanskrit: ऐव (aivá)
  - Classical Sanskrit: एव (evá)
Proto-Iranian: *Háywah
- Avestan: 𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀 (aēuua)
- Ossetian:
  Digor Ossetian: йеу (jew)
  
  Iron Ossetian: иу (iw)
- Zazaki: yew
- Old Persian: 𐎠𐎡𐎺 (a-i-v /⁠aiva⁠/)
  - Middle Persian:
    Manichaean script: 𐫙𐫏𐫇 (ʿyw /⁠ēw⁠/)
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾy /⁠ē⁠/)
    Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭸 (HD)
    - Persian: یو (yaw, yô, yu), ـی (-ê)
    - Tajik: -е (-ye)
  - ⇒ Proto-Iranian: *Háywakah
    - Middle Persian: [script needed] (ʾywk' /⁠ēwak⁠/)
      - Persian: یک (yek)
      - Tajik: як (yak)
    - Kurdish: yek
    - Bactrian: ιωγο (iōgo)