Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/paršás

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 *pers-ó-s, from the root *pers- (“bundle of leaves; bunched up leaves”). Cognate with Latin porrum (“leek”) and possibly Ancient Greek πράσον (práson, “leek”).

Noun

*paršás m[1]

  1. sheaf, bundle of grain stalks
  2. ear of grain; the fruiting body of a grain plant

Declension

masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *paršás *paršā́(w) *paršā́s(as)
vocative *párša *páršā(w) *páršās(as)
accusative *paršám *paršā́(w) *paršā́ns
instrumental *paršáH *paršáybʰyā(m) *paršā́yš
ablative *paršā́t *paršáybʰyā(m) *paršáybʰyas
dative *paršā́y *paršáybʰyā(m) *paršáybʰyas
genitive *paršásya *paršáyās *paršā́naHam
locative *paršáy *paršáyaw *paršáyšu

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *parṣás
  • Proto-Iranian: *paršáh
    • Avestan: 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬀 (parša, “ear of grain”)
  • Proto-Nuristani: (“ear of grain”) (possibly)

References

  1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “pars.á”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
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