Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/dā́ru

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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/dā́ru

This Proto-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dā́ru, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru.

Noun

*dā́ru n

1. wood, tree

Derived terms

• *dā́rukah[1]

Descendants

• Central Iranian:
  • Avestan: 𐬛𐬁𐬎𐬭𐬎‎ (dā^uru)
• Northeastern Iranian:
  • Khwarezmian: [script needed] (δʾr)
• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Kurdish:
    • Central Kurdish: دار‎ (dar)
    • Northern Kurdish: dar
  • Old Median: *dā́ru (see there for further descendants)
  • Zazaki: dare
• Southwester Iranian:
  • Old Persian: 𐎭𐎠𐎽𐎢𐎺 (d-a-ru-u-v /dāruv/) (see there for further descendants)

References

1. Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎, Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 179