Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hsu-

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 *h₁su-.

Prefix

*Hsu-

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Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hsu-
- Sanskrit: सु- (su-)
  - Gujarati: સ- (sa-)
Proto-Iranian: *Hhu-
- Central Iranian:
  - Avestan: 𐬵𐬎- (hu-)
- Northeastern Iranian:
  - Khotanese: 𑀳𑀼- (hu- /⁠hu-⁠/)
  - Sogdo-Bactrian:
    - Bactrian: υο- (uo- /⁠ho-⁠/)
    - Sogdian: (/⁠(ə)xwa- ~ (ə)xu-⁠/)
      Sogdian script: [script needed] (ʾγw), [script needed] (γw)
      
      Manichaean script: 𐫟𐫇- (xw-)
      
      Syriac script: ܐݎܘ- (ʾxw-), ݎܘ- (xw-)
- Northwestern Iranian:
  - Parthian: (/⁠hu-⁠/)
    Manichaean script: 𐫍𐫇- (hw-)
    
    Inscriptional Parthian script: 𐭇𐭅- (ḥw-)
    - → Old Armenian: հ- (h-) (or inherited and contaminated with the Iranian)
- Southwestern Iranian:
  - Old Persian: 𐎢- (u- /⁠^<h>u-⁠/)
    - Middle Persian: (/⁠hu-⁠/)
      Manichaean script: 𐫍𐫇- (hw-)
      
      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (hw-)
      
      Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭧𐭥- (ḥw-)
      
      Psalter Pahlavi script: 𐮄𐮅- (hw-)
      
      Pazend script: 𐬵𐬎- (hu-)
      - Classical Persian: هو- (hū-), هـ (hu-), خـ (xu-)
        Iranian Persian: هو- (hū-) (revived prefix as "eu-")

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