𐬔𐬏𐬥𐬀𐬊𐬙𐬌

Avestan

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *guHnáwti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *guHnáwti, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷuh₁-néw-ti (new-present), from *gʷeh₁w- (“to increase”) +‎ *-néwti.[1][2]

Verb

𐬔𐬏𐬥𐬀𐬊𐬙𐬌 • (gūnaoti) (root 𐬙𐬌)

  1. to increase

References

  1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 112-3
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “403f”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 403f
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