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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wásr̥

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 *wósr̥.[1]

Noun

*wásr̥ n [2]

  1. spring

Derived terms
  • *wasantás (< *wesn̥-tós)
    • Indo-Aryan: *wasantás
      • Sanskrit: वसन्त (vasantá)[3]
        • Dardic: *basantá
          • Kalasha: báson, básond
          • Khowar: بوسون‎ (bosún)
          • Torwali: بسان‎ (basān)
          • Shina: بَزونوࣿ‎/बज़ोनॊ (băzṓnṷ), بَزودوࣿ‎ (băzṓdṷ)
        • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀲𑀁𑀢 (vasaṃta)
        • Pali: vasanta
        • → Hindi: वसंत (vasant), बसंत (basant)
  • *ĉuHrawásr̥ (+ *ćúHras (“strong”))
    • Iranian: *ĉuHrawáhr̥
      • Old Persian: [Term?] (/θura.vāhara/, “a month in the Old Persian calendar”)

Descendants
  • Indo-Aryan: *wásr̥
    • Sanskrit: वसर् (vásar)
  • Iranian: *wáhr̥
    • Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬀𐬭‎ (vaŋhar)
      • ⇒ Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬢𐬭𐬌‎ (vaŋri, “in spring”, loc.sg)
    • Old Persian: [Term?] (/*vāhara/)
      • Middle Persian: [script needed] (whʾl /wahār/)

References
  1. Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*u̯ésr̥”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 504
  2. Horák, Robin (2015) Sémantická motivace názvů ročních období v indoevropských jazycích‎ (in Czech), Masaryk University
  3. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vasantá (11439)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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