Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Háywas

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 *óywos. Possibly related is *Haywa (“so”, adverb), whence Sanskrit एव (evá) and Old Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬁 (aēuuā).

Numeral

*Háywas

**Proto-Indo-Iranian cardinal numbers**
< 0	1	2 >
Cardinal : Háywas Ordinal* : *pratʰamás

one

Synonyms

*Háykas

Descendants

Proto-Iranian: *Háywah
- Avestan: 𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀 (aēuua)
- Ossetian:
  Digor Ossetian: йеу (jew)
  
  Iron Ossetian: иу (iw)
- Khotanese: [script needed] (śśau)
- Tumshuqese: [script needed] (śo)
- Zazaki: yew
- Old Persian: 𐎠𐎡𐎺 (a-i-v /⁠aivaʰ⁠/)
  - Middle Persian:
    Manichaean script: 𐫙𐫏𐫇 (ʿyw /⁠ēw⁠/)
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾy /⁠ē⁠/)
    Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭸 (HD)
    - Classical Persian: ـی (-ē)
      - Iranian Persian: ـی (-i), (dialectal) یو (yaw, yô, yu)
      - Tajik: -е (-ye)
- ⇒ Proto-Iranian: *Háywakah
  - Middle Persian: [script needed] (ʾywk' /⁠ēwak⁠/)
    - Classical Persian: یَک (yak)
      - Iranian Persian: یک (yek)
      - Tajik: як (yak)
  - Kurdish: yek
  - Bactrian: ιωγο (iōgo)