< Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian
Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hlagʰúš
Proto-Indo-Iranian
Alternative forms
- *Hragʰúš
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰus ~ *h₁ln̥gʷʰéws.
Adjective
*Hlagʰúš (comparative *Hlágʰyas, superlative *Hlágʰištʰas)[1]
- lightweight, swift, agile
Descendants
- Indo-Aryan: *Hlagʰúṣ
- Sanskrit: लघु (laghú), रघु (raghú) (see there for further descendants)
- Iranian: *Hragúš (see there for further descendants)
References
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “raghú-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University