Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/bʰáydati

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydeti from *bʰeyd-.

Verb edit

*bʰáydati

to split

Descendants edit

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *bʰáydati
- Sanskrit: भेदति (bhedati, “to split”)
Proto-Iranian: *báydati
- Avestan: 𐬠𐬌𐬜 (biδ) (in compound words)
  𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬋.𐬠𐬌𐬜 (astō.biδ, “who breaks a bone”), 𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬋.𐬡𐬌𐬜𐬁𐬙𐬎 (astō.βiδātu),𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬋.𐬬𐬌𐬜𐬁𐬙𐬎 (astō.viδātu)
  - → Middle Persian: [script needed] (ʾstwhʾt' /⁠astwihād⁠/, “the demon of death”)
    - Persian: استویهاد (astvihâd, “the demon of death”) (in Zoroastrian)
- Old Persian: [script needed] (*baid)
  - Persian: بید (bid, “moth, an insect who can split papers or garments or carpets”) (Perhaps)