Reconstruction:Avestan/husrauua

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

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Etymology

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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

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*husrauua

  1. famous

Derived terms

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References

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