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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/parHušás

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 *pelHu-só-s, from *pelH- (“pale, gray”).[1]

Adjective

*parHušás

  1. grey

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *parHuṣás
  • Proto-Iranian: *parHušáh
    • Avestan: 𐬞𐬊𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬱𐬀 (pouruša)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*falwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 126
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