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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hárdʰas

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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

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Indo-European *h₁érdʰ-o-s, from *h₁erdʰe (separately, apart) +‎ *-os, from *h₁er- (separately) +‎ *dʰe (locative particle). Cognate with Lithuanian ardýti (to pull down, destroy) and erdvas (wide, spacious),[1][2] as well as perhaps Proto-Slavic *orz- (dis-, un-).[3]

    Noun

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    *Hárdʰas m[1]

    1. division, half

    Declension

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    masculine a-stem
    singular dual plural
    nominative *Hárdʰas *Hárdʰā *Hárdʰā, -ās(as)
    vocative *Hárdʰa *Hárdʰā *Hárdʰā, -ās(as)
    accusative *Hárdʰam *Hárdʰā *Hárdʰāns
    instrumental *Hárdʰā *HárdʰaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām *Hárdʰāyš
    ablative *Hárdʰāt *HárdʰaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām *Hárdʰaybʰyas
    dative *Hárdʰāy *HárdʰaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām *Hárdʰaybʰyas
    genitive *Hárdʰasya *Hárdʰayās *Hárdʰāna(H)m
    locative *Hárdʰay *Hárdʰayaw *Hárdʰayšu
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    Descendants

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    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hárdʰas
      • Sanskrit: अर्ध (árdha) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Iranian: *Hárdah (see there for further descendants)
    • ? Proto-Finno-Permic: *ertä[4]
      • Proto-Samic: *earttē (see there for further descendants)
      • Udmurt: урд (urd)

    References

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    1. 1.0 1.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “árdha”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
    2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 119
    3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*orz”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 377:pref. ‘dis-, un-’
    4. ^ Sammallahti, Pekka (1999) “Saamen kielen ja saamelaisten alkuperästä”, in Fogelberg, Paul, editor, Pohjan poluilla: Suomalaisten juuret nykytutkimuksen mukaan, Helsinki, →ISBN, pages 70–90