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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/kádruš

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words 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

According to Lubotsky and Witzel, a borrowing from the BMAC substrate.[1]

Adjective

*kádruš [2][3][1]

  1. brown, tan

Descendants
  • Indo-Aryan: *kádruṣ
    • Sanskrit: कद्रु (kádru)
  • Iranian: *kádruš
    • Avestan: *𐬐𐬀𐬛𐬭𐬎‎ (*kadru)
      • ⇒ Avestan: 𐬐𐬀𐬛𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀 ⸱ 𐬀𐬯𐬞𐬀‎ (kadruua aspa, “with brown horses”)
    • Classical Persian: کهر‎ (kahar, “light brown, chestnut colour”)

References
  1. Witzel, Michael (2014) The Home of the Aryans‎, page 6
  2. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “kádru-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  3. Bailey, Harold Walter, editor (1969) Khotanese Texts (Indo-Scythian Studies), volume IV, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 154
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