Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hr̥túš
Proto-Indo-Iranian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ér-tus ~ *h₂r̥-téw-s, from *h₂er- (“to fix”).
Noun edit
*Hr̥túš m[1]
Descendants edit
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hr̥túṣ
- Sanskrit: ऋतु (ṛtú) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Iranian: *Hr̥túš
- Avestan: 𐬭𐬀𐬙𐬎 (ratu, “judgement; period of time”)
- Khotanese: [script needed] (rūtā, “season”)
- Sogdian: (/rətu ~ ratu/, “period of 10 seconds”)
- Middle Persian: (/rad/, “chief, master; judge”)
- Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (lt')
References edit
- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “r̥tú-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 428