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]

heavy

Descendants

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

References

^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “gurú”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
^ 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

[IAIL-1] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “gurú”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[CLI-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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