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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/pr̥Húš

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 *pl̥h₁-ú-s[1], from *pelh₁- +‎ *-us.

Adjective

*pr̥Húš (superlative *pr̥Hutámas) [2]

  1. much, very
  • *pr̥HwíH f (< *pl̥h₁-w-íh₂)[3]
    • Indo-Aryan: *pr̥HwíH
    • Iranian: *pr̥HwíH
      • Younger Avestan: 𐬞𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬋‎ (paoⁱriiō)[2]
  • *pr̥Hwyás (< *pl̥h₁-w-yó-s)
    • Indo-Aryan: *pr̥Hwyás
      • Sanskrit: पूर्व्य (pūrvyá)
    • Iranian: *pr̥Hwyáh
      • Old Avestan: 𐬞𐬀𐬊𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬌𐬋‎ (paoᵘruuiiō)

Descendants
  • Indo-Aryan: *pr̥Húṣ
  • Iranian: *pr̥Húš
    • Avestan: 𐬞𐬊𐬎𐬭𐬎‎ (poᵘru)
    • Old Persian: [script needed] (paru)
    • Ossetian: фыр (fyr)

References
  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
  2. 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] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 148
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