Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hsúškas

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 *h₂sús-kos, from *h₂sews- (“to be dry”) +‎ *-kos.

Adjective

*Hsúškas

dry, dried out

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hsúṣkas
- Sanskrit: शुष्क (śúṣka)
  - Pali: sukkha
  - Prakrit: 𑀲𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔 (sukkha) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *Hhúškah
- Central Iranian:
  - Younger Avestan: 𐬵𐬎𐬱𐬐𐬀 (huška)
- Northeastern Iranian:
  - Ossetian: хус (xus)
- Southeastern Iranian:
  - Pashto: وچ (wəč, wuč), اچ (uč), اوچ (uč)
- Northwestern Iranian:
  - Baluchi: [script needed] (hušk)
  - Kurdish:
    Northern Kurdish: hişk (hišk/ḥišk)
    
    Central Kurdish: وِشک (wişk)
    
    Southern Kurdish: وِشک (wişk), ھِشک (hişk)
    
    Laki: ھوِشک (hwişk)
  - Sivandi: fišk
  - Zaza-Gurani:
    - Gurani: وشک (wišk)
    - Zazaki: wişk (wišk), hişk (hišk)
- Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: [script needed] (uška)
  - Middle Persian: hwšk' (hušk)
    - Classical Persian: خشک (xušk)
      - Persian: خشک (xošk)
      - Tajik: хушк (xušk)