Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/udrás

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

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *udrós (“otter”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὕδρος (húdros, “water serpent”) and Proto-Germanic *utraz (“otter”).

Noun

*udrás m

otter

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*udrás	*udrā́(w)	*udrā́s(as)
vocative	*údra	*údrā(w)	*údrās(as)
accusative	*udrám	*udrā́(w)	*udrā́ns
instrumental	*udráH	*udráybʰyā(m)	*udrā́yš
ablative	*udrā́t	*udráybʰyā(m)	*udráybʰyas
dative	*udrā́y	*udráybʰyā(m)	*udráybʰyas
genitive	*udrásya	*udráyās	*udrā́naHam
locative	*udráy	*udráyaw	*udráyšu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *udrás
- Sanskrit: उद्र (udrá) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *udráh (“otter”)^[1]
- Avestan: 𐬎𐬛𐬭𐬀 (udra)
- Old Ossetic:
  - Ossetian:
    Digor Ossetian: урдӕ (urdæ)
    
    Iron Ossetian: уырд (wyrd)
  - → Proto-Permic: *vurd (see there for further descendants)
- Old Persian: *udrakaʰ
  - Middle Persian:
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾwdlk' /⁠udrag⁠/)
  - → Ancient Greek: Ὑδράκης (Hudrákēs)

References

^ Abajev, V. I. (1989), Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 120

[1] Abajev, V. I. (1989), Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 120

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