Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/-wā

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

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *-we.

Conjunction

*-wā[1]

  1. or

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *-wā
    • Sanskrit: वा (vā) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Iranian: *-wā
    • Avestan: 𐬬𐬁 (vā)
    • Old Persian: 𐎺𐎠 (v-a /⁠-vā⁠/)
  • *nawā (“or not”)
  • *Hiwa (“as”)

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “vā”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 538
  2. ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014) Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 846
  3. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “vā”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 574
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