Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Harušás

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

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el-u-só-s, from *h₁el- (“grey-brown”).[1]

Adjective

*Harušás[1]

  1. white, reddish-white, glowing

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Haruṣás
  • Proto-Iranian: *Harušáh
    • Avestan: 𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬱𐬀 (auruša, “white”)
    • Old Persian: *arušah
      • Middle Persian: [script needed] (ʾlws /⁠arus⁠/, “white”)
        • Persian: الوس (alus, “white horse”)
    • Ossetian: урс (urs, “white”), уорс (uors) — Digor
    • →⇒ Old Armenian: Արուսեակ (Aruseak, “Morning Star, the planet Venus”)
    • →⇒? Old Armenian: արշալուրշ (aršalurš)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “arus.á-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 56

Further reading

  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “aruṣá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 113
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999), The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 373–374
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