Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/uHrúš
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Proto-Indo-Iranian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *uHrúṣ
- Proto-Iranian: *uHrúṣ
- Khotanese: [script needed] (hurā, “thigh; scarf, belt”)
References[edit]
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1108
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “Waþwan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), 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-”