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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ȷ́árHans

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 *ǵérh₂onts.

Participle

*ȷ́árHans

  1. present active participle of *ȷ́árati (“to grow old”)

Adjective

*ȷ́árHans (comparative *ȷ́árHyas, superlative *ȷ́árHištʰas)[1]

  1. old

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ȷ́árHans
  • Proto-Iranian: *járHans[2]
    • Alanic: *zarand
      • Ossetian: зӕронд (zærond)
      • → Ancient Greek: Ζάρανδος (Zárandos, “a name from Tanais”)
    • Classical Persian: زرند (zarand)

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “járant-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 247-248
  2. 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 305
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