Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Hragúš

This Proto-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-Iranian

Alternative forms

  • *HragwíH f

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hlagʰúš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰus.

Adjective

*Hragúš (superlative *Hrágištah)[1]

  1. quick, swift

Descendants

  • Younger Avestan: 𐬭𐬆𐬎𐬎𐬍 (rəuuī)
  • Harzani: [script needed] (rav)
  • Ossetian: рӕуӕ́г (ræwǽg)
  • Parthian:
    Manichaean: 𐫡𐫃 (rg /⁠raγ⁠/)
  • Semnani: [script needed] (rayk)
  • Talysh: [script needed] (ra)
  • Tati: rav
  • Zazaki: rew
  • → Georgian: არაგვი (aragvi)
  • → Old Armenian: արագ (arag), երագ (erag)

References

  1. ^ Martínez García, Javier, de Vaan, Michiel (2014) Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages; 1)‎[1], Brill, →ISBN, page 13: “*raɣu̯ī-”
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