Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/HaHćúš

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

Uncertain; presumably cognate with Ancient Greek ὠκύς (ōkús, “fast, swift”), Latin ōcior (“swifter”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₃eHḱ-ú-s, *h₁oHḱ-ú-s, perhaps related to *h₁éḱwos (“horse”).[1]

Adjective

*HaHćúš (comparative *HáHćyas, superlative *HáHćištʰas)[2]

quick, fast, swift

Derived terms

*HáHćištʰas
- Indo-Aryan: *HáHśiṣṭʰas
  - Sanskrit: आशिष्ठ (ā́śiṣṭha)
- Iranian: *HáHcištah
  - Avestan: 𐬁𐬯𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀‎ (āsišta)

*HáHćyas
- Indo-Aryan: *HáHśyas
  - Sanskrit: आशीयस् (ā́śīyas)
- Iranian: *HáHcyah
  - Avestan: 𐬁𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬵‎ (āsiiah)

Descendants

Indo-Aryan: *HaHśúṣ
- Sanskrit: आशु (āśú)
Iranian: *HaHcús
- Avestan: 𐬁𐬯𐬎‎ (āsu)

References

Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) , “ώκύς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1678-1679
Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) , “āśú-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) , “ώκύς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1678-1679

[2] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) , “āśú-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University