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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wásr̥

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 *wósr̥.[1]

Noun

*wásr̥ n[2]

  1. spring
  • *wasantás (< *wésn-ont-s ~ *usn̥-n̥t-és)
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wasantás

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wásr̥
    • Vedic Sanskrit: वसर् (vásar)
  • Proto-Iranian: *wáhr̥
    • Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬀𐬭 (vaŋhar)
      • ⇒ Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬢𐬭𐬌 (vaŋri, “in spring”, loc.sg)
    • Old Persian: *vahār (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*u̯ésr̥”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 504
  2. Horák, Robin (2015) Sémantická motivace názvů ročních období v indoevropských jazycích‎ (in Czech), Masaryk University
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