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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”).[1]

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
  • Proto-Iranian: *wárcah
    • Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀 (varəsa)
    • Kurdish:
      Central Kurdish: پرچ (pirç)
      Northern Kurdish: pirç
      Southern Kurdish: پرچ (pirç)
      • → Armenian: փըռչ (pʻəṙčʻ)
    • Middle Persian:
      Book Pahlavi: [script needed] (wls /⁠wars⁠/)
    • Parachi: ǧōš
    • Sogdian: [script needed] (wrs /⁠wars⁠/)
    • → Old Armenian: վարս (vars), ⇒ վարշամակ (varšamak)

References
  1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “vṛkṣá- - VṚJ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 572
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