Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wíćš

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 *wéyḱs ~ wiḱés, from *weyḱ-.[1]

    Noun

    *wíćš f[2]

    1. village
    2. household

    Inflection

    consonant stem
    singular dual plural
    nominative *wíćš *wíćā(w) *wíćas
    vocative *wíć *wíćā(w) *wíćas
    accusative *wíćam *wíćā(w) *wićás
    instrumental *wićáH *wiȷ́bʰyā́(m) *wiȷ́bʰíš
    ablative *wićás *wiȷ́bʰyā́(m) *wiȷ́bʰyáH
    dative *wićáy *wiȷ́bʰyā́(m) *wiȷ́bʰyáH
    genitive *wićás *wićHā́s *wićáHam
    locative *wíći *wićHáw *wićšú

    Descendants

    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wíṭṣ
    • Proto-Iranian: *wícš
      • Old Avestan: 𐬬𐬍𐬯 f (vīs, village; clan), 𐬬𐬍𐬯𐬆𐬨 (vīsəm, acc.sg.), 𐬬𐬍𐬲𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬋 (vīžibiiō, dat./abl.pl.)
      • Northern Kurdish: bis°, pis°
      • Old Persian: 𐎻𐎰 f (vi-θ /⁠viθ⁠/), 𐎻𐎰𐎶 (vi-θ-m /⁠viθam⁠/, acc.sg.), 𐎻𐎰𐎹𐎠 (vi-θ-y-a /⁠viθiyā⁠/, loc.sg.)
      • Middle Persian: [script needed] (wys /⁠wis⁠/, village)
      • Persian: ویس (vis)

    References

    1. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 221
    2. ^ Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2017–2018) “Chapter XVII: Indo-Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The morphology of Indo-Iranian, page 1894