Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/warāȷ́ʰás

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

Possibly borrowed from the BMAC substrate.^[1]

Noun

*warāȷ́ʰás m

boar

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*warāȷ́ʰás	*warāȷ́ʰā́(w)	*warāȷ́ʰā́s(as)
vocative	*warāȷ́ʰa	*warāȷ́ʰā(w)	*warāȷ́ʰās(as)
accusative	*warāȷ́ʰám	*warāȷ́ʰā́(w)	*warāȷ́ʰā́ns
instrumental	*warāȷ́ʰáH	*warāȷ́ʰáybʰyā(m)	*warāȷ́ʰā́yš
ablative	*warāȷ́ʰā́t	*warāȷ́ʰáybʰyā(m)	*warāȷ́ʰáybʰyas
dative	*warāȷ́ʰā́y	*warāȷ́ʰáybʰyā(m)	*warāȷ́ʰáybʰyas
genitive	*warāȷ́ʰásya	*warāȷ́ʰáyās	*warāȷ́ʰā́naHam
locative	*warāȷ́ʰáy	*warāȷ́ʰáyaw	*warāȷ́ʰáyšu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *warāźʰás
- Sanskrit: वराह (varāhá) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *warājáh (see there for further descendants)
→ Proto-Uralic: *woraća
- Proto-Finnic: *oraca
- Moksha: урось (uroś)

References

^ Lubotsky, Alexander (1999) “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations‎^[1], Helsinki

[1] Lubotsky, Alexander (1999) “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations‎^[1], Helsinki

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