Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/sawyás

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 *(h₁)sewyós (“left”).

Adjective

*(H)sawyás

1. left, left-hand

   Antonym: *dáćšinas

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *(H)sawyás
  • Sanskrit: सव्य (savya) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *(H)hawyáh
  • Avestan: 𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬌𐬀 (haoiia), 𐬵𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬌𐬀 (hauuiia)
  • Parthian: 𐫍𐫇𐫏 (hwy /⁠hōy⁠/, “left, left-hand”)
  • Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwy /⁠hōy⁠/, “left, left-hand”), [script needed] (hwyk' /⁠hōyag⁠/)