Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ȷ́árHans

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 *ǵérh₂onts.

Participle

*ȷ́árHans

present active participle of *ȷ́árHati (“to grow old”)

Adjective

*ȷ́árHans (comparative *ȷ́árHyas, superlative *ȷ́árHištʰas)^[1]

old

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ȷ́árHans
- Sanskrit: जरत् (járant)
Proto-Iranian: *járHans^[2]
- Alanic: *zarand
  - Ossetian: зӕронд (zærond)
  - → Ancient Greek: Ζάρανδος (Zárandos, “a name from Tanais”)
- Classical Persian: زرند (zarand)

References

^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “járant-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 247-248
^ Abajev, V. I. (1989) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 305

[1] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “járant-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 247-248

[2] Abajev, V. I. (1989) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 305

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