Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hásuras

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 *h₂ḿ̥suros, from *h₂ems- (“to engender, beget”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *ansuz.

Noun

*Hásuras m

1. (religion) deity

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Hásuras	*Hásurā	*Hásurā, -ās(as)
vocative	*Hásura	*Hásurā	*Hásurā, -ās(as)
accusative	*Hásuram	*Hásurā	*Hásurāns
instrumental	*Hásurā	*HásuraybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*Hásurāyš
ablative	*Hásurāt	*HásuraybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*Hásuraybʰyas
dative	*Hásurāy	*HásuraybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*Hásuraybʰyas
genitive	*Hásurasya	*Hásurayās	*Hásurāna(H)m
locative	*Hásuray	*Hásurayaw	*Hásurayšu

Coordinate terms

• *daywás

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hásuras
  • Sanskrit: असुर (ásura) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *Háhurah
  • Avestan: 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬀 (ahura, “lord”)
• → Proto-Uralic: *asera
  • Proto-Mordvinic:
    • Erzya: азоро (azoro, “lord”)
    • Moksha: азор (azor, “lord”)
  • Proto-Permic:
    • Komi-Zyrian: озыр (ozyr)
    • Udmurt: узыр (uzyr)
  • Proto-Ugric:
    • Mansi: *ātər
      • Mansi: [Term?] (ōtər, “prince”)
    • >? Hungarian: úr (“lord”)

Further reading

• Joki, Aulis J. (1973) Uralier und Indogermanen [Uralians and Indo-Europeans] (Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia; 151) (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN