Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wáyHti

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 *wéyh₁-ti, from *weyh₁- (“to chase; to suppress”) +‎ *-ti.

Verb

*wáyHti

1. to chase, pursue
2. to persecute

Conjugation

    Present forms of *wáyHti

	Active			Middle			Passive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
1st	*wáyHmi	*wiHwás	*wiHmás	*	*	*	*	*	*
2nd	*wáyHsi	*wiHtʰás	*wiHtá	*	*	*	*	*	*
3rd	*wáyHti	*wiHtás	*wiHánti	*	*	*	*	*	*
Imperative
1st	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2nd	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
3rd	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Optative
1st	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2nd	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
3rd	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Participles	*			*			*

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wáyti
  • Sanskrit: वेति (véti, “persecute, strive, chase”)
• Proto-Iranian: *wáyHti
  • Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬌𐬙𐬌 (vaēⁱti, “to hunt, chase”)
  • Ossetian: (“to hurry, walk, jump”)
    • Digor Ossetian: уайун (wajun)
    • Iron Ossetian: уа́йын (wájyn)
  • Middle Persian: (“to fly, soar”)

    Manichaean script: 𐫇𐫀𐫏𐫀𐫅 (wʾyʾd)

    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (wʾdynynd /⁠wāyēnēnd⁠/)

  • →? Old Armenian: վայել (vayel)