Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Hāwyám

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hāwyám, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.

Noun

*Hāwyám m

1. egg

Descendants

• Central Iranian:
  • Younger Avestan: 𐬀𐬉𐬨 (aēm)
• Northeastern Iranian:
  • Khwarezmian: 𐾺𐿀𐾻 (yʿk /⁠yāg⁠/)
  • Proto-Scythian:
    • Khotanese: [script needed] (āhā)
    • Ossetian::

      Iron Ossetian: айк (ajk)

      Digor Ossetian: айкӕ (ajkæ)

• Southeastern Iranian:
  • Pashto: هګۍ (hagë́y), ها (hā), اګۍ (agë́y), وۍ (wë́y), ويه (wë́ya), وويه (wóya)
  • Proto-Sanglechi-Ishkashimi:
    • Ishkashimi: [script needed] (akik, “egg”)
    • Sanglechi: [script needed] (ākīk, “egg”)
• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Baluchi: ہیگ (heyg), ہیک (heyk)
  • Kurdish:

    Central Kurdish: ھێلکە (hêlke)

    Northern Kurdish: hêk

    Southern Kurdish: خا (xa)

    Laki: خا (xa)

  • Proto-Medo-Parthian: *āwyágah
    • Gilaki: خایه (xāyə), آو (āw, “egg; as a suffix in some compand nouns”)
    • Old Median: *āwyágah
      • Middle Median: *āwyag
        • Rudbari: اووا (uwâ, “egg”)
        • Proto-Tatic:
          • Talysh:
            • Central Talysh: اویه (uya, “egg”)
            • Northern Talysh: uvә (“egg”)
          • Old Tati:
            • Harzani: اوه (ova, “egg”)
            • Karingani: اویو (uyo, “egg”)
            • Khoini: خا (xā)
      • Semnani: [script needed] (xä)
    • Proto-Zaza-Gorani:
      • Gurani: ھێڵە (hēłe)
      • Zazaki: hak
• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Middle Persian: (/⁠xāyag⁠/, “egg”)

    Manichaean script: 𐫟𐫀𐫏𐫃 (xʾyg)

    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (hʾdk'), [Book Pahlavi needed] (hʾdyk')

    • Lurish:

      Northern Luri: خاک (xāk, “egg of any birds”), خا (xā, “egg of hen”), خایه (xāya, “testicle”)

      Bakhtiari: خایه (xāya), هایه (hāya)

      Southern Luri: خاگ (xāg)

    • Classical Persian: خایه (xâya, “egg; testicle”), خاگ (xāg, “egg”), خواگ (xʷāg, “egg”)
      • Dari: خایه (xâya)
      • Iranian Persian: خایه (xâye), هاگ (hāg, “spore”)
      • Tajik: хоя (xoya), ҳог (hog, “spore”)
        • → Yagnobi: хоя (xōya)
      • → Azerbaijani: xaya (“testicle”)
      • → Talysh: خایه (xāyə, “testicle”)
      • → Old Azari: خایه (xāya, “testicle”)
      • → Ottoman Turkish: خایا (haya, “testicle”)
        • Turkish: haya