Where does “ард” come from?

ард (Ossetian) comes from Proto-Iranian *Hr̥táh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hr̥tás, from Proto-Indo-European h₂r̥-tós, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

ард (Ossetian): oath

Definitions

  1. oath

Ancestry of “ард”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranian*Hr̥táhtruth
2Proto-Indo-IranianHr̥tástruth
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂r̥-tós—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂r̥-tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hr̥tás →