Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćr̥Hwás

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 *ḱr̥h₂-wó-s, from *ḱerh₂- (“head, horn”) +‎ *-wós.

Noun

*ćr̥Hwás m

1. horn

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ćr̥Hwás	*ćr̥Hwā́	*ćr̥Hwā́, -ā́s(as)
vocative	*ćr̥Hwa	*ćr̥Hwā́	*ćr̥Hwā́, -ā́s(as)
accusative	*ćr̥Hwám	*ćr̥Hwā́	*ćr̥Hwā́ns
instrumental	*ćr̥Hwā́	*ćr̥HwáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*ćr̥Hwā́yš
ablative	*ćr̥Hwā́t	*ćr̥HwáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*ćr̥Hwáybʰyas
dative	*ćr̥Hwā́y	*ćr̥HwáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām	*ćr̥Hwáybʰyas
genitive	*ćr̥Hwásya	*ćr̥Hwáyās	*ćr̥Hwā́na(H)m
locative	*ćr̥Hwáy	*ćr̥Hwáyaw	*ćr̥Hwáyšu

Descendants

• Proto-Iranian: *cr̥Hwáh (“horn”)
  • Avestan: 𐬯𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬁 (sruuā)
  • Khwarezmian: [script needed] (šw)
  • Khotanese: ṣu-, ṣṣu-
  • Kurdish:

    Northern Kurdish: strû (“horn”)

    Central Kurdish: ئەسرۆ (esro, “horn”)

  • Middle Persian:

    Book Pahlavi: [script needed] (slwb' /⁠srū⁠/, “horn, nail”)

    • Persian: سرو (surū, “animal horn”)
  • Ossetian:

    Digor: сиуӕ (siwæ)

    Iron: сы (sy)

  • → Old Armenian: սրուակ (sruak)
• → Proto-Finno-Ugric: *śarwe (see there for further descendants)