Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/súHar

This Proto-Indo-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-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *súh₂el ~ *suh₂éns (“the sun”), leveled from *sóh₂wl̥ ~ *suh₂éns (from *sh₂wéns via schwebeablaut).

Noun

*súHar ~ suHáns

1. the sun

Related terms

• *suHargás

Derived terms

• *súHarwāns

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *súHar
  • Sanskrit: स्वर् (svàr), सूर् (sū́r) (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒ Sanskrit: सूर्य (sūrya) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *húHar (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Nuristani: *sáwī (< *sáHuriH < Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ + *-ih₂)
  • Northern Nuristani:
    • Kamkata-viri:

      Kamviri: sú

      Kativiri: sú

    • Prasuni: üsǘk
  • Southern Nuristani:
    • Ashkun: só
    • Tregami: sä̃́
    • Waigali: sö

Further reading

• Martínez García, Javier, de Vaan, Michiel (2014) Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages; 1)‎^[2], Brill, →ISBN, page 52
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “xwar¹”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press