Reconstruction:Avestan/husrauua

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This Avestan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Avestan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Iranian *Hhucráwah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsućráwas, from *Hsu- (good) + *ćráwas (fame). Equivalent to 𐬵𐬎- (hu-, good) + 𐬯𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (srauua, word). Cognate with Vedic Sanskrit सुश्रवस् (suśrávas, famous).

Adjective[edit]

*husrauua

  1. famous

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rau, Jeremy (2007) “YAv. haosrauuah- and dǝ̄uš.srauuah”, in Historical Linguistics[1], volume 120, pages 159-168