Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hwásuš

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

Alternative forms edit

*HwáswiH f

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus.

Adjective edit

*Hwásuš (comparative *Hwásyas, superlative *Hwásištʰas)^[1]

good, excellent

Descendants edit

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hwásuṣ m, *HwáswiH f
- Sanskrit: वसु (vásu)
Proto-Iranian: *Hwáhuš m, *HwáhwiH f
- Avestan: 𐬬𐬊𐬵𐬎 n (vohu), 𐬬𐬀𐬤𐬵𐬍 f (vaŋᵛhī)
- Old Persian: *vahuš (see there for further descendants)

References edit

^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “vásu-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

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