Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/kádruš

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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]

Unknown; possibly borrowed from the BMAC substrate.[1][2] Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *ked- (to make smoke, soot), perhaps cognate with Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros, cedar), Proto-Slavic *čàdъ (smoke).[3]

Adjective[edit]

*kádruš[4]

  1. brown, tan

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Witzel, Michael (2003) Linguistic Evidence for Cultural Exchange in Prehistoric Western Central Asia (Sino-Platonic Papers; 129)‎[1], Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, page 33
  2. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (1999) “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations[2], Helsinki, page 9
  3. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “ked-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 537
  4. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “kádru-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  5. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) “*kadru-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura
  6. ^ Bailey, H. W. (1979) “kāhyänai”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 59b