Etymograph

English

hotr

Hotr comes from Sanskrit होतृ ‘an offerer of an oblation or yajna,…’, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéw-tōr ‘pourer’, and ultimately from *ǵʰew- ‘to pour’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰew-‘to pour’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰéw-tōr‘pourer’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*ȷ́ʰáwtā‘priest’reconstructed
  4. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEहोतृhotṛ‘an offerer of an oblation or yajna, sacrificer, priest’
  5. Englishtodayhotr

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰew-‘to pour’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰéw-tōr‘pourer’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*ȷ́ʰáwtā‘priest’reconstructed
  4. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEहोतृhotṛ‘an offerer of an oblation or yajna, sacrificer, priest’
  5. Englishtodayhotr

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- ‘to pour’

god, chemist, futile, giddy, gust, futility, gush, geyser, ingot, 22 more

Today it means

noun The priest who recites invocations and litanies during the yajna service.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- / hotr

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