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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wiprás

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 *wip-ró-s, from *weyp- +‎ *-rós.[1] Related Sanskrit विप्र (vípra, “priest, seer”) likely thematicized from Proto-Indo-European *wéyp-r̥ ~ *wip-éns (compare Sanskrit विपन्या (vipanyā́), विपन्यु (vipanyú)), from the same root.[2]

Adjective

*wiprás [3][4][1]

  1. ecstatic, trembling

Descendants
  • Indo-Aryan: *wiprás
    • Sanskrit: विप्र (viprá)
  • Iranian: *wifráh
    • Younger Avestan: 𐬬𐬌𐬟𐬭𐬀‎ (vifra)

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “viprá”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  2. Lubotsky, Alexander (1988) The System of Nominal Accentuation in Sanskrit and Proto-Indo-European‎, Brill, page 92
  3. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “vípra-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 558
  4. Klein, Jared S.; Joseph, Brian D.; Fritz, Matthias, editor (2017–2018), “Chapter XVII: Indo-Iranian”, in Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Indo-Iranian, page 1954
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