Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/HaHćúš

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

Uncertain; presumably cognate with Ancient Greek ὠκύς (ōkús, “fast, swift”), Latin ōcior (“swifter”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *HéHḱus, *h₁oHḱ-ú-s, perhaps related to *h₁éḱwos (“horse”).^[1]

Adjective

*HaHćúš (comparative *HáHćyas, superlative *HáHćištʰas)^[2]

quick, fast, swift

Derived terms

*HáHćištʰas
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *HáHśiṣṭʰas
  - Sanskrit: आशिष्ठ (ā́śiṣṭha)
- Proto-Iranian: *HáHcištah
  - Avestan: 𐬁𐬯𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀 (āsišta)

*HáHćyas
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *HáHśyas
  - Sanskrit: आशीयस् (ā́śīyas)
- Proto-Iranian: *HáHcyah
  - Avestan: 𐬁𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬵 (āsiiah)

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *HaHśúṣ
- Sanskrit: आशु (āśú)
Proto-Iranian: *HaHcús
- Avestan: 𐬁𐬯𐬎 (āsu)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ώκύς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1678-1679
^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “āśú-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ώκύς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1678-1679

[2] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “āśú-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

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