Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/uHrúš

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

Unknown; suggested to be further related to Latin vārus (“bent”).^[1] Alternatively, perhaps from a root Proto-Indo-European *weH-, from which Proto-Germanic *waþwô (“calf”) could also be derived.^[2]

Noun

*uHrúš m^[3]^[4]

thigh

Derived terms

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *uHrúṣ
- Sanskrit: ऊरु (ūrú)
  - ⇒ Sanskrit: औरव (aurava, nickname of Kutsa (made of Indra's thigh))
Proto-Iranian: *uHrúṣ
- Khotanese: [script needed] (hurā, “thigh; scarf, belt”)

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1108
^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “Waþwan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 576
^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “ūrú”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 539: “uHru-”
^ Bailey, H. W. (1979) “hurā”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 492: “*uru-”

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1108

[2] Guus Kroonen (2013) “Waþwan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 576

[3] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “ūrú”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 539: “uHru-”

[4] Bailey, H. W. (1979) “hurā”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 492: “*uru-”

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