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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 m or f

  1. village
  2. household

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wíṭṣ
  • Proto-Iranian: *wícš
    • Old Avestan: 𐬬𐬍𐬯 (vīs, “village; clan”), 𐬬𐬍𐬯𐬆𐬨 (vīsəm, acc.sg.), 𐬬𐬍𐬲𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬋 (vīžibiiō, acc.sg.)
    • Northern Kurdish: bis°, pis°
    • Old Persian: 𐎻𐎰 (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
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