Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/HsuHápas

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 *Hsu- (“good”) +‎ *Hápas (“work”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ép-o-s, from *h₃ep- (“to work, make”) +‎ *-os (deverbal suffix).

    Adjective

    *HsuHápas

    1. well created
    2. artistic
    3. doing good work

    Descendants

    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *HsuHápas
    • Proto-Iranian: *HhuHā́pah[1] (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎[1], Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 208
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