Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Harušás

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

Etymology

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Adjective

*Harušás

1. white, reddish-white, glowing

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Haruṣás
  • Sanskrit: अरुष (aruṣá, “red, reddish”)
• Proto-Iranian: *Harušá
  • Avestan: 𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬱𐬀 (a^uruša, “white”)
  • Middle Persian: [script needed] (ʾlws /⁠arus⁠/, “white”)
    • Persian: الوس (alus, “white horse”)
  • Ossetian: урс (urs, “white”), уорс (uors)
  • →⇒ Old Armenian: Արուսեակ (Aruseak, “Morning Star, the planet Venus”)
  • →⇒? Old Armenian: արշալուրշ (aršalurš)

Further reading

• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 113
• Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 373–374