Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/pr̥Húš

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 *pl̥h₁-ú-s,^[1] from *pelh₁- +‎ *-us.

Adjective

*pr̥Húš (superlative *pr̥Hutámas)^[2]

much, very

Related terms

*pr̥HwíH f (< *pl̥h₁-w-íh₂)^[3]
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *pr̥HwíH
  - Sanskrit: पूर्वी (pūrvī́), पिर्वी (pirvī́)
- Proto-Iranian: *pr̥HwíH
  - Younger Avestan: 𐬞𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬋 (paoⁱriiō)^[2]
*pr̥Hwyás (< *pl̥h₁-w-yó-s or from *pr̥Hwás)
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *pr̥Hwyás
  - Sanskrit: पूर्व्य (pūrvyá)
- Proto-Iranian: *pr̥Hwyáh
  - Old Avestan: 𐬞𐬀𐬊𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬌𐬋 (pao^uruuiiō)

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *pr̥Húṣ
- Sanskrit: पुरु (purú)
Proto-Iranian: *pr̥Húš
- Avestan: 𐬞𐬊𐬎𐬭𐬎 (po^uru)
- Old Persian: [script needed] (paru)
- Digor Ossetian: фур (fur)
- Iron Ossetian: фыр (fyr)

References

^ Cantera, Alberto (2017) “The phonology of Iranian”, in Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics, volume 1, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, VI. Iranian
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “purú-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “purú-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 148

[1] Cantera, Alberto (2017) “The phonology of Iranian”, in Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics, volume 1, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, VI. Iranian

[IAIL-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “purú-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[3] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “purú-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 148

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