Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wiprás

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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 Proto-Indo-European *wip-ró-s, from *weyp- +‎ *-rós.[1] Related Sanskrit विप्र (vípra, “priest, seer”) likely thematicized from Proto-Indo-European *wéyp-r̥ ~ *wip-éns (compare Sanskrit विपन्या (vipanyā́), विपन्यु (vipanyú)), from the same root.[2]

Adjective[edit]

*wiprás[3][4][1]

  1. ecstatic, trembling

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wiprás
  • Proto-Iranian: *wifráh

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “viprá”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  2. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (1988) The System of Nominal Accentuation in Sanskrit and Proto-Indo-European‎[1], Brill, page 92
  3. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “vípra-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 558
  4. ^ Schmitt, Rüdiger (2017–2018) Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Indo-Iranian, page 1954
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