Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hásuš

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 *h₁és-u-s ~ *h₁s-éw-s (“existening”), from *h₁es- (“to be”) +‎ *-us.^[1]

Noun

*Hásuš m^[2]

life, existence, being

Derived terms

*HáswaH
- Proto-Iranian: *HáhwaH
  - Old Avestan: 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬵𐬏 (ahuuāhū, “being, life”, loc.pl.)
    - Younger Avestan: 𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬁 (aŋhuuā)

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hásuṣ
- Sanskrit: असु (ásu), असुष् (ásuṣ, nom.sg.)
Proto-Iranian: *Háhuš^[1]
- Old Avestan: 𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬎𐬱 (aŋhuš, nom.sg.), 𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬇𐬎𐬱 (aŋhə̄uš, gen.sg.)
- Early Middle Persian: (“existence, life; mind”)
  Book Pahlavi script: (ʾhw' /⁠axʷ⁠/)
  - Late Middle Persian:
    Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫇𐫟 (ʾwx /⁠ōx⁠/)
- Sogdian: (“heart, mind”)
  Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫇𐫟 (ʾwx /⁠ux⁠/), 𐫀𐫇𐫟𐫏 (ʾwxy /⁠uxē⁠/)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) “*¹dauš-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 410-419
^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “ásu”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[ESIJa-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) “*¹dauš-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 410-419

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

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