Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hwárunas

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 *h₁wér-u-nos, from *h₁wer- (“broad”).

Proper noun

*Hwárunas m

1. Varuna

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Hwárunas	*Hwárunā	*Hwárunā, -ās(as)
vocative	*Hwáruna	*Hwárunā	*Hwárunā, -ās(as)
accusative	*Hwárunam	*Hwárunā	*Hwárunāns
instrumental	*Hwárunā	*HwárunaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*Hwárunāyš
ablative	*Hwárunāt	*HwárunaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*Hwárunaybʰyas
dative	*Hwárunāy	*HwárunaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*Hwárunaybʰyas
genitive	*Hwárunasya	*Hwárunayās	*Hwárunāna(H)m
locative	*Hwárunay	*Hwárunayaw	*Hwárunayšu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hwárunas

  Mitanni: *Wárunas

  → Hittite: 𒀀𒊒𒈾 (a-ru-na), 𒌑𒊒𒉿𒈾 (ú-ru-wa-na /⁠waruna⁠/)

  • Sanskrit: वरुण (váruṇa)
• Proto-Iranian: *Hwárunah