Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wálćas

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 *wólḱ-o-s, from *h₂welh₁- (“hair; wool”). Perhaps related to Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥ćšás (“tree”).

Noun

*wálćas m (stem *warĉa-)

1. hair

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wálćas	*wálćā	*wálćā, -ās(as)
vocative	*wálća	*wálćā	*wálćā, -ās(as)
accusative	*wálćam	*wálćā	*wálćāns
instrumental	*wálćā	*wálćaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*wálćāyš
ablative	*wálćāt	*wálćaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*wálćaybʰyas
dative	*wálćāy	*wálćaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*wálćaybʰyas
genitive	*wálćasya	*wálćayās	*wálćāna(H)m
locative	*wálćay	*wálćayaw	*wálćayšu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wálśas
  • Sanskrit: वल्श (válśa)
• Proto-Iranian: *wárcah
  • Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀 (var^əsa)
  • Kurdish:

    Central Kurdish: پرچ (pirç)

    Northern Kurdish: pirç

    Southern Kurdish: پرچ (pirç)

    • → Armenian: փըռչ (pʻəṙčʻ)
  • Middle Persian:

    Book Pahlavi: [script needed] (wls /⁠wars⁠/)

    • Persian: گرس (gors)
  • Parachi: ǧōš
  • Sogdian: [script needed] (wrs /⁠wars⁠/)
  • → Old Armenian: վարս (vars), ⇒ վարշամակ (varšamak)