Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂ewsér

This Proto-Indo-European 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-European

Etymology

From *h₂ews- (“to dawn, become light”) +‎ *-ér, *-éri (innovative locative suffix).

Adverb

*h₂ewsér or *h₂ewséri^[1]

in the direction of dawn, east
at dawn, in the morning

Derived terms

*h₂éwser-h₂ ~ *h₂usr-és (“dawn, morning”)^[2]
- >? Proto-Albanian: *ausra (“twilight”)
  - Albanian: err (“darkness”)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *auštrā́ˀ (“dawn, morning”) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Celtic: *wārā (“dawn”) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *aúhrā (“morning air”)
  - Ancient Greek: αὔρᾱ (aúrā), αὔρη (aúrē) — Epic, Ionic
    - Greek: αύρα (ávra)
    - → Latin: aura (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *HúšarH ~ *Hušrás^[3]
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *HúṣarH ~ *Huṣrás
    - Sanskrit: उषर् (úṣar, voc.sg.), उस्रस् (usrás, gen.sg.), उस्रि f (usrí, “dawn, morning”, loc.sg.)

*h₂ewsḗr ~ *h₂ewsr-és^[4]
- Proto-Hellenic: *auhḗr (“morning mist”)
  - Ancient Greek: ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr, “mist”)

Descendants

Proto-Hellenic: *auhéri
- Ancient Greek: ἦρι (êri, “early in the morning”) (or from *h₂éyeri (“early”))
- Ancient Greek: αὔριον (aúrion) (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἦρι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 525: “*h₂ews-er-i”
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ᾱ̓ήρ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 27: “*h₂eus-r-h₂”
^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “uṣar-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 532: “Proto-Indo-Iranian: Hušar-”
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ήέριος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 510: “*h₂eus-ēr”

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἦρι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 525: “*h₂ews-er-i”

[2] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ᾱ̓ήρ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 27: “*h₂eus-r-h₂”

[3] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “uṣar-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 532: “Proto-Indo-Iranian: Hušar-”

[4] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ήέριος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 510: “*h₂eus-ēr”

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