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)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 126