Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/uHrúš

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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

Etymology

Unknown; suggested to be further related to Latin vārus (bent).[1] Alternatively, perhaps from a root Proto-Indo-European *weH-, from which Proto-Germanic *waþwô (calf) could also be derived.[2]

Noun

*uHrúš m[3][4]

  1. thigh

Derived terms

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *uHrúṣ
    • Sanskrit: ऊरु (ūrú)
      • Sanskrit: औरव (aurava, nickname of Kutsa (made of Indra's thigh))
  • Proto-Iranian: *uHrúṣ
    • Khotanese: (hurā, thigh; scarf, belt)

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1108
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “Waþwan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 576
  3. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “ūrú”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 539:uHru-
  4. ^ Bailey, H. W. (1979) “hurā”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 492:*uru-