Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/wahūnī

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

The ultimate etymology is doubtful but is probably connected to Latin vēna 'blood-vessel', via a reconstruction Proto-Italic *uesnā-.^[1]

Noun

*wahūnī f

blood

Descendants

Younger Avestan: 𐬬𐬊𐬵𐬎𐬥𐬀 (vohuna), 𐬬𐬊𐬵𐬎𐬥𐬍 (vohunī)
Northeastern Iranian:
- Khwarezmian: [script needed] (hwny /⁠hūnī⁠/)
- Sogdic:
  - Sogdian: (/⁠xurn⁠/)
    Buddhist: [script needed] (γwrn)
    
    Christian: [script needed] (xwrn)
    
    Manichaean: [script needed] (xwrn)
  - Yagnobi: wáxn, wáxin, waxn
Southeastern Iranian:
- Pashto: وینه (wína)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Baluchi: اون (ōn)
- → Middle Persian:
  Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (DMYA /⁠xōn⁠/)
  - Classical Persian: خُون (xūn) (see there for further descendants)

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vēna”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 660.

[de_Vaan-1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vēna”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 660.

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