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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/gr̥Húš

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 *gʷr̥h₂ús.

Adjective

*gr̥Húš (comparative *gárHyas, superlative *gárištʰas)[1]

  1. heavy

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *gr̥Húṣ
    • Sanskrit: गुरु (gurú) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Iranian: *gr̥Húš[2]
    • Old Avestan: 𐬔𐬊𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬱 (gouruš)
      • ⇒ Younger Avestan: 𐬔𐬊𐬎𐬭𐬎⸱𐬰𐬀𐬊𐬚𐬭𐬀 (gouru.zaoθra, “who have offered viscid”, pl., literally “heavy libations”)
    • Khotanese: [script needed] (ggarkha-) (+ kha-)

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “guhú”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  2. Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) “*⁸gar-, *⁴grā-, *garu̯-(?) : grau- : grū-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura
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