Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/kšudrás

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *k⁽ʷ⁾sud-ró-s, from *k⁽ʷ⁾sewd- (to disperse, to disintegrate).

Adjective

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*kšudrás[1]

  1. minute, small
  2. dispersed

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “ks.udrá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  2. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*xšaud-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 455