Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hsúškas

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.

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂sús-kos, from *h₂sews- (“to be dry”) +‎ *-kos.

*Hsúškas

1. dry, dried out

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hsúṣkas
  • Sanskrit: शुष्क (śúṣka)
    • Pali: sukkha
    • Prakrit: 𑀲𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔 (sukkha) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *Hhúškah
  • Central Iranian:
    • Younger Avestan: 𐬵𐬎𐬱𐬐𐬀 (huška)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Ossetian: хус (xus)
  • Southeastern Iranian:
    • Pashto: وچ (wəč, wuč), اچ (uč), اوچ (uč)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Baluchi: (hušk)
    • Kurdish:

      Northern Kurdish: hişk (hišk/ḥišk)

      Central Kurdish: وِشک (wişk)

      Southern Kurdish: وِشک (wişk), ھِشک (hişk)

      Laki: ھوِشک (hwişk)

    • Sivandi: fišk
    • Zaza-Gurani:
      • Gurani: وشک (wišk)
      • Zazaki: wişk (wišk), hişk (hišk)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
  • Old Persian: (uška)
    • Middle Persian: hwšk' (hušk)
      • Classical Persian: خشک (xušk)
        • Persian: خشک (xošk)
        • Tajik: хушк (xušk)