< Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian
Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wiHrás
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Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós.
Noun
*wiHrás m
- man
Declension
| masculine a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *wiHrás | *wiHrā́ | *wiHrā́, -ā́s(as) |
| vocative | *wiHra | *wiHrā́ | *wiHrā́, -ā́s(as) |
| accusative | *wiHrám | *wiHrā́ | *wiHrā́ns |
| instrumental | *wiHrā́ | *wiHráybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām | *wiHrā́yš |
| ablative | *wiHrā́t | *wiHráybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām | *wiHráybʰyas |
| dative | *wiHrā́y | *wiHráybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām | *wiHráybʰyas |
| genitive | *wiHrásya | *wiHráyās | *wiHrā́na(H)m |
| locative | *wiHráy | *wiHráyaw | *wiHráyšu |
Descendants
- Indo-Aryan: *wiHrás
- Sanskrit: वीर (vīrá) (see there for further descendants)
- Iranian: *wiHráh
- Central Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬬𐬍𐬭𐬀 (vīra)
- Northeastern Iranian:
- Ossetian: ир (ir), иро́н (irón) (autonym)[1]
- Sogdian: [script needed] (wyr /wīr/)
- Northwestern Iranian:
- Kurdish: wêrek (“courageous”), wêrîn (“to dare”)
- Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: [script needed] (*vīra)
- Middle Persian: wyl (wīr)
- Old Persian: [script needed] (*vīra)
- Central Iranian:
- Nuristani: *wīrá (see there for further descendants)
References
- Cheung, Johnny (2002). Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism. Wiesbaden: Reichert.