Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/HaHćúš
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Uncertain; presumably cognate with Ancient Greek ὠκύς (ōkús, “fast, swift”), Latin ōcior (“swifter”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₃eHḱ-ú-s, *h₁oHḱ-ú-s, perhaps related to *h₁éḱwos (“horse”).[1]
Adjective[edit]
*HaHćúš (comparative *HáHćyas, superlative *HáHćištʰas)[2]
Derived terms[edit]
- *HáHćištʰas
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *HáHśiṣṭʰas
- Sanskrit: आशिष्ठ (ā́śiṣṭha)
- Proto-Iranian: *HáHcištah
- Avestan: 𐬁𐬯𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀 (āsišta)
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *HáHśiṣṭʰas
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ώκύς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1678-1679
- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “āśú-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University