Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hárwāns

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

The *Hárwā (“quick”) +‎ *-wants, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- + Proto-Indo-European *-wénts.

Adjective

*Hárwāns

1. swift, rapid, quick

Noun

*Hárwāns m

1. a courser, racehorse

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hárwants
  • Sanskrit: अर्वन्त् (árvant)
• Proto-Iranian: *Hárwāh
  • Avestan: 𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙 (a^uruuaṇt)
  • Old Persian: *arvāh
    • Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] ('lwnd /⁠arwand⁠/)

Further reading

• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “árvan-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University