Proto-Iranian
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Etymology
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Unknown; perhaps from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwíšas , from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwís-o-s , from *ḱweys- ( “ to hiss, whistle, whisper ” ) .
*cwíšah [1]
louse
Descendants
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Central Iranian:
Younger Avestan: 𐬯𐬞𐬌𐬱 ( spiš )
Northeastern Iranian:
Ossetian:
Digor Ossetian: систӕ ( sistæ )
Iron Ossetian: сыст ( syst )
Sogdo-Bactrian:
Khwarezmian: [script needed] ( spʾh )
Proto-Sogdic:
Sogdian: [script needed] ( špšh /šp(i)š/ )
Yagnobi: špuš ( šᵘpúš, šⁱpúš )
Wakhi: šiš
Southeastern Iranian:
Ormuri-Parachi:
Ormuri: [script needed] ( spōī ) , [script needed] ( spūī )
Parachi: espō , ispō
Proto-Pathan:
Pashto: شپږه ( špëģa ) , سپږه ( spëģa ) , ( Waziri ) [script needed] ( spaža )
Waneci: [script needed] ( zɣānzi )
Ishkashimi: [script needed] ( s(ь)puḷ ) , [script needed] ( s(ь)pьl )
Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami-Munji:
Proto-Munji-Yidgha:
Munji: [script needed] ( s(ᵊ)pəyă )
Yidgha: [script needed] ( spūo ) , [script needed] ( špūo )
Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami:
Proto-Shughni-Roshani:
Yazghulami: сәпав̌ ( səpaw ) , спав̌ ( spaw )
Northwestern Iranian:
Sangisari: اسپز ( espaz )
Baluchi: [script needed] ( šiš )
Caspian:
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: spih , spî
Central Kurdish: ئەسپێ ( espê ) , سپێ ( spê )
Southern Kurdish: سِپیە ( sipye )
Laki: ئِسپِژ ( ispij )
Old Median: *spišah Middle Median: *spiš Kermanic:Ashtiani: esbéza Khunsari: ešpiž Nayini: šibiš Yazdi: šeweš Sivandi: peš Proto-Tatic:Alviri-Vidari: [script needed] ( isbiǰ ) Talysh:Asalemi: اسبج ( əsbəj ) Old Tati: → Middle Persian: [Term?] ( /spiš/ ) Classical Persian: شپش ( šipiš ) Dari: ایشپیش ( išpiš ) Hazaragi: [script needed] ( išpíš ) Iranian Persian: شپش ( šepeš ) Sistani: پش ( paš ) Tajik: шабушк ( šabušk )
Semnani:
Sangisari: اسپز ( ɛspaz )
Sorkhei: [script needed] ( teš )
Zaza-Gurani:
Southwestern Iranian:
Larestani–Gulf:
Gulf:
Bashkardi:
Bandari: [script needed] ( šöš ) , [script needed] ( šüš )
Hormozi: [script needed] ( šöš )
Minābi: [script needed] ( šöš )
Kumzari:
Kumzari: šöš
Lāraki: šiš
Lari-Fars:
Judeo-Shirazi: [script needed] ( teš )
Larestani: [script needed] ( heš ) , [script needed] ( eš )
Bakhtiari: [script needed] ( šeš )
References
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^ Cathcart, Chundra Aroor (2015 ) Iranian Dialectology and Dialectometry (PhD dissertation) [1] , Berkeley: University of California at Berkeley, page 135