Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hárćas

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This Proto-Indo-Iranian 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.

Proto-Indo-Iranian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁élḱos (sore).

Noun[edit]

*Hárćas n[1]

  1. ulcer, sore
  2. haemorrhoids, piles

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hárśas
    • Sanskrit: अर्शस् (árśas, haemorrhoids) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Iranian: *Hárcah
    • Khotanese: [script needed] (āsī, itch)
    • Sogdian: [script needed] (ʾrsx, haemorrhoids)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “árśas-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University