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]

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

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

[Witzel-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