Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/(H)yaȷ́ʰúš

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

Unknown.^[1]

Adjective

*(H)yaȷ́ʰúš^[2]^[1]

young, youthful

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *(H)yaźʰúṣ
- Sanskrit: यहु (yáhu, “mighty, strong; child, offspring”) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *(H)yajúš
- Old Avestan: 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬎 (yazu, “youthful, young”)
- Proto-Scythian: *yazu
  - ⇒ Proto-Scythian: *yazuki^[3]
    - Proto-Sarmatian: *yazug^[3]
      - ⇒ Proto-Sarmatian: *Yazug (see there for further descendants)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (1999), “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations‎^[1], Helsinki, page 11: “*i̯aȷ́ʰu- ‘youthful’”
^ Schmitt, Rüdiger (2017–2018), “Chapter XVII: Indo-Iranian”, in 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 1953: “*(H)i̯aȷ́ʰú- ‘young, youthful’”
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Palunčić, Filip (2019), “Ossetic historical phonology and North-Eastern Iranian anthroponomastics”, in Lurje, Pavel B., editor, Proceedings of the Eighth European Conference of Iranian Studies (Studies on pre-Islamic Iran and Historical Linguistics), volume I, St. Petersburg: State Hermitage Publishers, →ISBN, page 312: “/yazug/ ‘the young’ < *yazuka-, OAv. yazu- ‘youthful, young’”

[Lubotsky-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (1999), “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations‎^[1], Helsinki, page 11: “*i̯aȷ́ʰu- ‘youthful’”

[2] Schmitt, Rüdiger (2017–2018), “Chapter XVII: Indo-Iranian”, in 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 1953: “*(H)i̯aȷ́ʰú- ‘young, youthful’”

[Paluncic-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Palunčić, Filip (2019), “Ossetic historical phonology and North-Eastern Iranian anthroponomastics”, in Lurje, Pavel B., editor, Proceedings of the Eighth European Conference of Iranian Studies (Studies on pre-Islamic Iran and Historical Linguistics), volume I, St. Petersburg: State Hermitage Publishers, →ISBN, page 312: “/yazug/ ‘the young’ < *yazuka-, OAv. yazu- ‘youthful, young’”

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