Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/kádruš

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

Unknown; possibly borrowed from the BMAC substrate.^[1]^[2] Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *ked- (“to make smoke, soot”), perhaps cognate with Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros, “cedar”), Proto-Slavic *čàdъ (“smoke”).^[3]

Adjective

*kádruš^[4]

brown, tan

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kádruṣ
- Sanskrit: कद्रु (kádru)
Proto-Iranian: *kádruš^[5]
- Avestan: *𐬐𐬀𐬛𐬭𐬎 (*kadru)
  - ⇒ Avestan: 𐬐𐬀𐬛𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀 ⸱ 𐬀𐬯𐬞𐬀 (kadruua . aspa, “with brown horses”)
- Khotanese: (kāhyänai, “brown(?)”) (possibly^[6])
- Classical Persian: کهر (kahar, “light brown”)
  - Dari: کهر (kahar)
  - Iranian Persian: کهر (kähär)

References

^ Witzel, Michael (2003) Linguistic Evidence for Cultural Exchange in Prehistoric Western Central Asia (Sino-Platonic Papers; 129)‎, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, page 33
^ Lubotsky, Alexander (1999) “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations‎, Helsinki, page 9
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “ked-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 537
^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “kádru-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) “*kadru-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura
^ Bailey, H. W. (1979) “kāhyänai”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 59b

[Witzel-1] Witzel, Michael (2003) Linguistic Evidence for Cultural Exchange in Prehistoric Western Central Asia (Sino-Platonic Papers; 129)‎, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, page 33

[2] Lubotsky, Alexander (1999) “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations‎, Helsinki, page 9

[3] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “ked-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 537

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

[5] Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) “*kadru-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura

[6] Bailey, H. W. (1979) “kāhyänai”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 59b

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/kádruš

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