Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/wiHráh

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 *wiHrás.

Noun

*wiHráh

man

Inflection

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wiHráh	*wiHrā́(w)	*wiHrā́h(ah)
vocative	*wíHra	*wíHrā(w)	*wíHrāh(ah)
accusative	*wiHrám	*wiHrā́(w)	*wiHrā́nh
instrumental	*wiHráH	*wiHráybʰyā(m)	*wiHrā́yš
ablative	*wiHrā́t	*wiHráybʰyā(m)	*wiHráybʰyah
dative	*wiHrā́y	*wiHráybʰyā(m)	*wiHráybʰyah
genitive	*wiHráhya	*wiHráyāh	*wiHrā́naHam
locative	*wiHráy	*wiHráyaw	*wiHráyšu

Descendants

Central Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬬𐬍𐬭𐬀 (vīra)
Northeastern Iranian:
- Ossetian: ир (ir), иро́н (irón) (autonym)^[1]
- Sogdian: [script needed] (wyr /⁠wīr⁠/)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Northern Kurdish: wêrek (“courageous”), wêrîn (“to dare”)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: *vīrah
  - Middle Persian: wyl (wīr)
    - Persian: بیر (bir)

References

^ Cheung, Johnny (2002). Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism. Wiesbaden: Reichert.

[1] Cheung, Johnny (2002). Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism. Wiesbaden: Reichert.

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