Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/(w)ŕ̥šā

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 *wérsēn.

Noun

*(w)ŕ̥šā ~ *(w)r̥šnás m^[1]

virile man
male animal, stallion, bull

Inflection

consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*(w)ŕ̥šā	*(w)ŕ̥šanā(w)	*(w)ŕ̥šanas
vocative	*(w)ŕ̥šan	*(w)ŕ̥šanā(w)	*(w)ŕ̥šanas
accusative	*(w)ŕ̥šanam	*(w)ŕ̥šanā(w)	*(w)ŕ̥šnas
instrumental	*(w)ŕ̥šnaH	*(w)ŕ̥šabʰyā(m)	*(w)ŕ̥šabʰiš
ablative	*(w)ŕ̥šnas	*(w)ŕ̥šabʰyā(m)	*(w)ŕ̥šabʰyaH
dative	*(w)ŕ̥šnay	*(w)ŕ̥šabʰyā(m)	*(w)ŕ̥šabʰyaH
genitive	*(w)ŕ̥šnas	*(w)ŕ̥šaHās	*(w)ŕ̥šnaHam
locative	*(w)ŕ̥šani	*(w)ŕ̥šaHaw	*(w)ŕ̥šasu

Derived terms

*(w)r̥šabʰás (“bull”)
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *(w)r̥ṣabʰás
  - Sanskrit: वृषभ (vṛṣabha), ऋषभ (ṛṣabha) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Nuristani:
  - Northern Nuristani:
    - Kamkata-viri:
      Kamviri: aṣë́
      
      Kativiri: aṣé
  - Southern Nuristani:
    - Ashkun: aṣë́
    - Waigali: aṣe
*(w)ŕ̥šanwants

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *(w)ŕ̥ṣā
- Sanskrit: वृषन् (vṛ́ṣan), वृष (vṛṣa)
Proto-Iranian: *(w)ŕ̥šā (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “vṛ́ṣan-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page Proto-Indo-Iranian: uršan-

[1] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “vṛ́ṣan-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page Proto-Indo-Iranian: uršan-

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