Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hásuras

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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḿ̥suros, from *h₂ems- (“to engender, beget”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *ansuz.

Noun

*Hásuras m

(religion) deity

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Hásuras	*Hásurā	*Hásurā, -ās(as)
vocative	*Hásura	*Hásurā	*Hásurā, -ās(as)
accusative	*Hásuram	*Hásurā	*Hásurāns
instrumental	*Hásurā	*HásuraybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*Hásurāyš
ablative	*Hásurāt	*HásuraybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*Hásuraybʰyas
dative	*Hásurāy	*HásuraybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*Hásuraybʰyas
genitive	*Hásurasya	*Hásurayās	*Hásurāna(H)m
locative	*Hásuray	*Hásurayaw	*Hásurayšu

Coordinate terms

*daywás

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hásuras
- Sanskrit: असुर (ásura) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *Háhurah
- Avestan: 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬀 (ahura, “lord”)
→ Proto-Uralic: *asera[1][2]
- Proto-Mordvinic:
  - Erzya: азоро (azoro, “lord”)
  - Moksha: азор (azor, “lord”)
- Proto-Permic:
  - Komi-Zyrian: озыр (ozyr)
  - Udmurt: узыр (uzyr)
- Proto-Ugric:
  - Proto-Mansi: *ātər
    - Northern Mansi: [script needed] (ōtər, “prince”)
  - >? Hungarian: úr (“lord”)

References

Parpola, Asko (2015) The Roots of Hinduism: The Early Aryans and the Indus Civilization, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 114
Václav Blažek (2005) “Indo-Iranian elements in Fenno-Ugric mythological lexicon”, in Indogermanische Forschungen, volume 110, number 1, →DOI, page 162