Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Aryan/(H)wár(H)unas

This Proto-Indo-Aryan 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-Aryan

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly related to Sanskrit व्रत (vratá).

Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wér-u-nos, from *h₁wer- (“broad”).

Proper noun

*(H)wár(H)unas m

  1. Varuna

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

  • Mitanni: *Wárunas
    → Hittite: 𒀀𒊒𒈾 (a-ru-na), 𒌑𒊒𒉿𒈾 (ú-ru-wa-na /⁠waruna⁠/)
  • Sanskrit: वरुण (váruṇa) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “váruṇa-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 515-6

Further reading

  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976), Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[2] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 151-3
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