Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hsúškas

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words 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 *h₂sews- (“to be dry”).

Adjective

*Hsúškas

dry, dried out

Descendants

Indo-Aryan: *Hsúṣkas
- Sanskrit: शुष्क (śúṣka)
  - Assamese: শুকান (xukan)
  - Hindi: सूखा (sūkhā)
  - Gujarati: સૂકું (sūkũ)
  - Sylheti: ꠢꠥꠇꠂꠘ (hukoin)
Iranian: *Hhúškah
- Central Iranian:
  - Younger Avestan: 𐬵𐬎𐬱𐬐𐬀‎ (huška)
- Northeastern Iranian:
  - Ossetian: хус (xus)
- Southeastern Iranian:
  - Pashto: وچ‎ (wəč, wuč), اچ‎ (uč), اوچ‎ (uč)
- Northwestern Iranian:
  - Baluchi: [script needed] (hušk)
  - Kurdish:
    Northern Kurdish: hişk (ḥišk)
    
    Central Kurdish: وِشک‎ (wişk)
    
    Southern Kurdish: وِشک‎ (wişk), ھِشک‎ (hişk)
    
    Laki: ھوِشک‎ (hwişk)
  - Sivandi: fišk
  - Zaza-Gurani:
    - Gurani: وشک‎ (wišk)
    - Zazaki: wişk (wišk), hişk (hišk)
- Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: [script needed] (uška)
  - Middle Persian: hwšk' (hušk)
    - Classical Persian: خشک‎ (xušk)
      - Persian: خشک‎ (xošk)
      - Tajik: хушк (xušk)

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