Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/súHar

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 *súh₂el ~ *suh₂éns (“the sun”), leveled from *sóh₂wl̥ ~ *suh₂éns (from *sh₂wéns via schwebeablaut).

Noun

*súHar ~ suHáns n^[1]

the sun

Inflection

neuter consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*súHar	*súHniH	*súHār
vocative	*súHar	*súHniH	*súHār
accusative	*súHar	*súHniH	*súHār
instrumental	*suHánaH	*suHábʰyā(m)	*suHábʰiš
ablative	*suHáns	*suHábʰyā(m)	*suHábʰyaH
dative	*suHánay	*suHábʰyā(m)	*suHábʰyaH
genitive	*suHáns	*suHánHās	*suHánaHam
locative	*suHán(i)	*suHánHaw	*suHásu

Derived terms

*súHarwāns

Related terms

*suHargás

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *súHar
- Sanskrit: स्वर् (svàr), सूर् (sū́r) (see there for further descendants)
  - ⇒ Sanskrit: सूर्य (sūrya) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *húHar (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Nuristani: (< *suHaryaH)^[2]
- Northern Nuristani:
  - Kamkata-viri:
    Kamviri: sú
    
    Kativiri: sú
  - Prasuni: üsǘk
- Southern Nuristani:
  - Ashkun: só
  - Tregami: sä̃́
  - Waigali: sö

References

^ Lubotsky, Alexander (1997), “The Indo-Iranian reflexes of PIE *CRHUV”, in Sound Law and Analogy. Papers in honor of Robert S.P. Beekes on the occasion of his 60th birthday‎^[1], Amsterdam: Brill, page 149
^ Halfmann, Jakob (2025). The Diversification of Indo-Iranian and the Position of the Nuristani Languages. Wiesbaden: Reichert.