Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Háyas
Proto-Indo-Iranian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyos (“copper, bronze”).
Noun
edit*Háyas n[1]
Inflection
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Descendants
edit- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Háyas
- Sanskrit: अयस् (áyas) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Iranian: *Háyah
- Avestan: 𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬵 (aiiah, “metal, iron”)
References
edit- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “áyas-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University