Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/dʰruwás
Appearance
Proto-Indo-Iranian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *dʰru-wó-s, from *dʰer-us ~ *dʰr-éws + *-wós, from *dʰer- (“to support, hold”) + *-us.[1][2][3] Possibly related to Proto-Slavic *sъdorvъ (“healthy”).
Adjective
[edit]*dʰruwás[1]
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dʰruwás[4]
- Sanskrit: ध्रुव (dhruvá) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Iranian: *druwáh (see there for further descendants)[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “dhruvá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 798-799
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 359-60
- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “dhruvá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 172: “Pokorny connects dhruvá- with the word for 'wood' (with dh- under the influence of dhar)”
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dhruvá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press