Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/HaHćúš

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

Uncertain; presumably cognate with Ancient Greek ὠκύς (ōkús, fast, swift), Latin ōcior (swifter), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₃eHḱ-ú-s, *h₁oHḱ-ú-s, perhaps related to *h₁éḱwos (horse).[1]

Adjective edit

*HaHćúš (comparative *HáHćyas, superlative *HáHćištʰas)[2]

  1. quick, fast, swift

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ώκύς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1678-1679
  2. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “āśú-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University