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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/paršás

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 *pers-ó-s, from the root *pers- (“bundle of leaves; bunched up leaves”). Cognate with Latin porrum (“leek”) and possibly Ancient Greek πράσον (práson, “leek”).

Noun

*paršás m[1]

  1. sheaf, bundle of grain stalks
  2. ear of grain; the fruiting body of a grain plant

Declension
    masculine a-stem
    singular dual plural
    nominative *paršás *paršā́ *paršā́, -ā́s(as)
    vocative *parša *paršā́ *paršā́, -ā́s(as)
    accusative *paršám *paršā́ *paršā́ns
    instrumental *paršā́ *paršáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām *paršā́yš
    ablative *paršā́t *paršáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām *paršáybʰyas
    dative *paršā́y *paršáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām *paršáybʰyas
    genitive *paršásya *paršáyās *paršā́na(H)m
    locative *paršáy *paršáyaw *paršáyšu

    Descendants
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *parṣás
    • Proto-Iranian: *paršáh
      • Avestan: 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬀 (parša, “ear of grain”)
    • Proto-Nuristani: *prása (“ear of grain”) (possibly)
      • Northern Nuristani:
        • Prasuni: púsuk

    References
    1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “pars.á”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
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