Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/HsuHápas

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From *Hsu- (good) +‎ *Hápas (work), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ép-o-s, from *h₃ep- (work; to make) +‎ *-os.

Adjective[edit]

*HsuHápas

  1. well created
  2. artistic
  3. doing good work

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *HsuHápas
  • Proto-Iranian: *HhuHā́pah[1] (see there for further descendants)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)[1], Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 208