Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wásr̥

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 *wósr̥.

Noun

*wásr̥ n

spring

Inflection

neuter consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wásr̥	*wásniH	*wásār
vocative	*wásr̥	*wásniH	*wásār
accusative	*wásr̥	*wásniH	*wásār
instrumental	*ušánaH	*ušábʰyā(m)	*ušábʰiš
ablative	*ušáns	*ušábʰyā(m)	*ušábʰyaH
dative	*ušánay	*ušábʰyā(m)	*ušábʰyaH
genitive	*ušáns	*ušánHās	*ušánaHam
locative	*ušán(i)	*ušánHaw	*ušásu

Related terms

*wasantás (< *wésn-ont-s ~ *usn̥-n̥t-és)
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wasantás
  - Sanskrit: वसन्त (vasantá) (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wásr̥
- Vedic Sanskrit: वसर् (vásar)
Proto-Iranian: *wáhr̥
- Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬀𐬭 (vaŋhar)
  - ⇒ Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬢𐬭𐬌 (vaŋri, “in spring”, loc.sg)
- Old Persian: *vahāra (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*u̯ésr̥”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 504
^ Horák, Robin (2015) Sémantická motivace názvů ročních období v indoevropských jazycích‎ (in Czech), Masaryk University

[1] Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*u̯ésr̥”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 504

[2] Horák, Robin (2015) Sémantická motivace názvů ročních období v indoevropských jazycích‎ (in Czech), Masaryk University