Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/HwaHyúš

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 *h₂weh₁-yú-s, from *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).

Noun

*HwaHyúš m

wind, air

Derived terms

*Hantár-HwaHyúš (“inter-air; atmosphere”)
- Proto-Iranian: *HantárHwaHyúš
  - Parthian: 𐫀𐫗𐫅𐫡𐫇𐫀𐫉 (ʾndrwʾz /⁠andarwāz⁠/), 𐫀𐫗𐫅𐫡𐫇𐫀𐫀𐫉 (ʾndrwʾʾz)
    - → Manichaean Middle Persian: 𐫀𐫗𐫅𐫡𐫇𐫀𐫉 (ʾndrwʾz /⁠andarwāz⁠/)
  - Middle Persian: [Term?] (/⁠andarwāy⁠/)
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾndlwʾd)
    - Classical Persian: اندروای (andarwāy, “upside down; in the air”)
      Iranian Persian: اندروا (andarvā), دروا (darvâ, “hanging”)

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *HwaHyúṣ
- Sanskrit: वायु (vāyú)
Proto-Iranian: *HwaHyúš
- Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬎 (vaiiu)
- Parthian: 𐫇𐫏𐫇 (wyw /⁠wēw⁠/, “air, atmosphere”)
- Old Persian: *𐎺𐎹 (*v-y /⁠vaya⁠/)
  - Middle Persian: (/⁠way⁠/, “air; atmosphere”)
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (wʾd)
    - → Persian: وای (vây, “air”) (right borrowing)