< Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian
Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/gr̥Húš
Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥h₂ús.
Adjective
*gr̥Húš (comparative *gárHyas, superlative *gárištʰas)[1]
- heavy
Descendants
- Indo-Aryan: *gr̥Húṣ
- Vedic Sanskrit: गुरु (gurú)
- Iranian: *gr̥Húš[2]
- Old Avestan: 𐬔𐬊𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬱 (gouruš)
- ⇒ Younger Avestan: 𐬔𐬊𐬎𐬭𐬎⸱𐬰𐬀𐬊𐬚𐬭𐬀 (gouru zaoθra, “who have offered viscid”, pl., literally “heavy libations”)
- Khotanese: [script needed] (ggarkha-) (+ kha-)
- Old Avestan: 𐬔𐬊𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬱 (gouruš)
References
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “guhú”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
- Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–), “*⁸gar-, *⁴grā-, *garu̯-(?) : grau- : grū-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura